Application of the landfill quality index in the final disposal sites of urban solid waste in the Alto Taquari Basin

Abstract

The adequate management of solid waste is a growing concern of environmental agencies, due the volume of waste produced by different anthropic activities, without proper disposal, compromises the environment quality. In Brazil, concern about the treatment and final disposal of solid waste is fresh. This work applied the Quality Index of Waste Landfills in the municipalities of the Alto Taquari basin in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and, based on the results, proposing actions to improve inappropriate situations. The application of the Waste Landfill Quality Index (WLQI) developed by the Environmental Sanitation Technology Company' São Paulo state (ESTC) was carried out through visits to  final disposal sites and from the assessment it was noticeable that the great most cities still use landfills as a final disposal site, this fact had repercussions on the low index in eight cities and only one landfill had a high index.