Organizational partnerships in Brazil: problems and challenges in solid waste

Résumé

This paper aims to provide an understanding of how solid waste proposals align between organizations that collect recyclable materials and other responsible groups; to explain how these partnerships of selective collection work in the city of Uberlândia/MG in Brazil; to document the achievement of these solid waste activities; and to present the problems and challenges of social governance in solid waste from the perspective of each player. We used methods of document analysis, interviewing, and, most importantly, the shadowing technique in our research. At the end of 2016, it was found that Municipal Law 12,504 has proven to be a challenge for both the players and the government because more is being asked of this organized social movement to promote better alignment between everyone involved.