Presidents of Cetesb and Abetre participated in the virtual event
Lilian, Amado Jr. Gonzaga, Patrícia, Del Bel and Francisco Antunes de Vasconcellos Neto
On the morning of October 15, interactivity took over the webinar “Construction Waste, what changes with the new legislation?”, which dealt with issues such as reverse logistics, circular economy, from the Ministry of the Environment’s ordinance nº 280/ 2020, establishing the Waste Transport Manifest (MTR), the Revision of the National Plan and the State Plan for Waste.
One of the characteristics of civil construction is the large consumption of materials and the generation of waste in a diffuse way, which makes its management difficult. It is well known that, in general, Civil Construction Waste (RCC) is of low danger, but it is noted that its impact is due to the large amount generated. Thus, the director-president of the Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo (Cetesb), Patrícia Iglecias, pointed out as challenges for the sector the minimization, reuse, recycling and proper management of RCC and elimination of areas of irregular disposal.
For the Cetesb representative, among the opportunities are the use of RCC in public and private works, encouraging the implementation of recyclers and encouraging the development of technology, standardization and practices for reuse and recycling, as well as regulation with the aim of encourage the circular economy, with the participation of universities and industry.
To this end, Cetesb's work aims to make the registration of legal carriers mandatory for municipalities, technically train sector professionals, implement a waste management and traceability system and support the preparation of the Municipal RCC Plan.
“Added to this is the improvement in the inspection capacity of city halls in the management of RCCs and help them in the search for financial resources for the implementation of adequate management areas, such as Ecopoints, Transshipment and Screening Areas (ATT), recyclers and landfills; and, promote environmental awareness and education actions for the population”, said Patrícia.
“We are already working to promote the implementation of the State System for Online Management of Solid Waste – Civil Construction Module (Sigor) in the municipalities and the MTR system, and promoting regional solutions aimed at the production and use of recycled RCC”, stated Patrícia.
According to Patrícia, in the State of São Paulo, Cetesb has licensed 77 class A construction waste recycling plants and 67 landfills for the same material. “The number of plants has increased over the last few years, meeting the National and State policies on Solid Waste. In 2013 there were only 24”, he said.
Cetesb has done a great job with regard to reverse logistics and solid waste management. “We already have 97.6% of proper disposal of waste in general and we don't have landfills in our state. That's good, but it's not enough. We always have to look for more.”
Odair Senra, president of SindusCon-SP, highlighted the importance of the theme and thanked the professor and director-president of Cetesb, for her participation and brilliant statements.
Waste and traceability
Luiz Gonzaga Alves Pereira, director-president of the Brazilian Association of Waste and Effluent Treatment Companies (Abetre) emphasized that the entity has been making a continuous effort to improve the traceability of waste. About 70% of waste comes from self-construction and small renovations, which are considered small generators of RCC. The remaining 30 % come from large generators and are waste from formal civil construction.
Abetre operates in important projects for the country's waste policy, such as the National Information System on Solid Waste Management (Sinir), which is a tool that positively contributes to traceability, safety in the disposal of waste, in addition to organizing and centralizing information on generation, transport and final destination. The system is one of the Instruments of the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) instituted by Law no. 12,305, of August 2, 2010 and regulated by Decree no. 7,404, of December 23, 2010.
The regional director Sul da Abetre, Odilon Amado, reported on Ordinance No. 280 of June 29, 2020, which instituted the Waste Transport Manifest (MTR), an online, self-declaratory tool, which will become mandatory throughout the national territory to from January 1, 2021. The MTR that must accompany the transport of the waste to the final destination will be generated through SINIR and the competent environmental agencies, which have systems for the collection, integration, systematization and availability of operational and implementation data of solid waste management plans, with information compatible with MTR requirements, must proceed with integration with SINIR.
SindusCon-SP, through its Environment Committee – Comasp, will work together with Abetre, Cetesb and the Ministry of the Environment to make the systems compatible and also to adapt them according to the characteristics of construction waste.
vice president of SindusCon-SP Francisco Antunes de Vasconcellos Neto
According to Francisco Antunes de Vasconcellos Neto, vice-president of SindusCon-SP and director of Dox Planning and Management, the implementation of online tools is essential to have traceability, a database and greater assertiveness in the information.
Closing this panel, the moderator of the meeting, Lilian Sarrouf, technical coordinator of Comasp, informed that in a recent meeting of SindusCon-SP and Abetre with the Secretary of Environmental Quality of the Ministry of the Environment, Mr. André França, who asked that it be disclosed that the National Plan is in Public Consultation until November 16th and the importance of the construction sector to present its proposals. The participation of the sector is of paramount importance, and contributions can be made here.
Reverse Logistics of Steel Cans
Lilian Sarrouf informed firsthand that SindusCon-SP signed a partnership with Prolata for the disposal of post-consumer steel cans. Works in Greater São Paulo will be able to request the removal of packaging at no cost, ensuring traceability and correct disposal. “In the future, the project aims to expand the scope of the partnership to the entire State of São Paulo. Construction companies Trisul, Cyrela and Engelux participated in the pilot project and managed to prove that it works and now we can expand it to all other companies in the sector”.
The event presented the pioneering project for recycling paint cans used in civil construction implemented at Construtora Trisul through Prolata, a non-profit association created in 2012 by the value chain of steel can manufacturers in Brazil for recycling steel cans. post-consumer steel and the startup Rafa Resolve, which operates in the civil construction market.
With the partnership, Rafa Resolve starts to collect, store and dispose of post-consumer steel cans from builders, construction material resellers, and also from consumers. The steel cans are sent to the Gerdau steel company, which revalues them post-consumer in the production of new steel. In addition, the startup receives and collects cans of paint, varnish and other items from construction material retailers and construction companies.
Source: Sinduscon SP - 10/19/2020
