Percepção pública ambiental atribuída ao primeiro aterro sanitário do estado de Sergipe: um estudo de caso sobre a dispersão de odor próximo ao centro urbano

Abstract

It is fundamental for the development of a sustainable management to understand and listen to opinions about the perceived impacts on solid waste management centers, so it is possible to include effective control of the level of residents' satisfaction regarding one of the most notable variables: nuisance identified through the perception of odor. The objective of this study was to analyze the environmental public perception of odor emissions in the urban center of the city of Rosario do Catete caused by the first solid waste management center in the state of Sergipe. The field study was conducted through exploratory and descriptive research; 403 interviews were conducted in 10 sectors distributed throughout the city and after the data treatment it was noticed that community rejection is so high that more than 97% of respondents stated that they did not want to live near a landfill; the bad smell was considered the main precursor associated to the increase of the complaints; for the year 2017, 46.83% said that there was reduction of odor, but 68.31% say they feel it, yet; only 1 of 10 sectors achieved low levels of complaints.