Assessment tool for Integrated Solid Waste Management Municipal Plans: part 1

ABSTRACT Proper management of solid waste is a challenge for Brazilian municipalities. Considering the requirements of the National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos - PNRS), an important step in this adaptation is the elaboration of the Municipal Plan of Integrated Solid Waste Management (Plano Municipal de Gestão Integrada de Resíduos Sólidos - PMGIRS). Considering the importance of this planning instrument, this article proposes a tool for evaluating these plans. The methodological path of construction and validation was configured in three stages: conception of the indicators from bibliographic and documentary review; validation with experts, in which indicators were validated and weighting factors were defined using the Delphi technique; and application validation, which consisted of applying the tool to evaluate the PMGIRS of six Brazilian municipalities of different sizes. This article will present the results of the first and second stages. The results of the third stage will be presented in part 2 of this article. The tool allows to verify the fulfillment of PNRS requirements, the quality of the plans, the complexity of its elaboration, and its potential of implementation and continuity of the established actions. With this, it is expected to minimize the gap related to the monitoring of the various stages of PNRS implementation. .