Participating in selective collection is a way to help take care of Maceió, the environment and also to benefit families that survive from the sale of recyclable materials. Today, four collectors' cooperatives provide the service free of charge through contracts with the City of Maceió, being responsible for collecting waste at the citizen's door.
More than 16,000 housing units are served by the Selective Home Collection carried out by Cooprel Antares, Cooprel Benedito Bentes, Cooplum and Coopvila, which are divided into the neighborhoods Jacarecica, Cruz das Almas, Mangabeiras, Jatiúca, Ponta Verde, Pajuçara, Pontal da Barra, Benedito Bentes, Sawmill, Antares and Jardim Petrópolis. Citizens interested in the service should contact the Municipal Superintendence for Sustainable Development (Sudes), by phone 0800 082 2600 or WhatsApp 98802-4834.
To participate is simple: just separate, at home, the recyclable waste (dry) and the “wet” waste in different compartments. Recyclables must be collected by cooperatives – if the region is not served by the door-to-door service, citizens can dispose of it at one of the Voluntary Delivery Points (PEV) spread throughout the city. The “wet” waste will be collected by conventional collection.
The PEVs are located in the following regions: Praça Centenário (Farol), Praça da Faculdade (Prado), Mirante do Jacintinho (Jacintinho), Praça Guaxuma (Guaxuma), Terminal do Trapiche (Trapiche da Barra), Praça Padre Cícero (Benedito Bentes) , Fernão Velho Terminal (Fernão Velho), square in front of the Graciliano Ramos terminal, square in front of Colégio Atheneu (Salvador Lyra), Skateboard Square (Ponta Verde), Padre Cícero Square (Vergel do Lago), Nossa Senhora Square de Fátima (Feitosa), Bicentennial Square (José Tenório Complex), Genésio de Carvalho Square (Lourdes Grotto), Lucena Maranhão Square (Bebedouro), Colina Square (Eucaliptos Hill), Av. Senador Rui Palmeira (Dique Estrada Construction Site) and Bom Parto construction site.
Residents of Maceio can also leave recyclable waste at one of the Ecopoints in Maceió, which are equipment installed in the Pajuçara, Tabuleiro dos Martins, Dique Estrada and Santa Lúcia neighborhoods. In addition to recyclables, these spaces also receive construction waste (up to one cubic meter per citizen), tree pruning remains and bulky waste (useless furniture and appliances, for example).
Which waste is recyclable?
Paper
Recyclables: sheets and scraps of paper; newspapers; magazines; boxes; cardboard; computer forms; cardboard; cards; envelopes; written drafts; photocopies; leaflets; printed matter in general; tetrapack.
Non-Recyclable: stickers; hang tags; masking tape; carbon paper; photographs; paper towel; toilet paper; greasy papers; metallic; paraffin; laminated; fax paper.
Special care: they must be dry, clean (without fat, food remains, grease), preferably not crushed. Cardboard boxes should preferably be dismantled in order to optimize storage space.
Metal
Recyclables: aluminum cans; steel cans (oil, sardines, tomato sauce); hardware; pipes; frames; wire.
Non-recyclable: clips; Bobby pins; steel sponge; cans of paint or poison; fuel cans; stacks; batteries.
Special care: they must be clean and, if possible, reduced to a smaller volume (crumpled).
Plastic
Recyclable: lids; food pots; pet; mineral water bottles; cleaning containers; PVC; plastic bags; toys; buckets, styrofoam.
Non-recyclable: pot handles; sockets; stickers; foam; computer keyboards, acrylic.
Special precautions: Clean pots and flasks without residues to avoid disease transmitting animals close to the storage location.
Glass
Recyclable: glass jars; cups; bottles; sauce packaging; glass vials.
Non-recyclable: flat; mirrors; lamps; ceramics; china; crystal; medicine ampoules.
Special care: Must be clean and free of residues. They can be whole or broken. If broken, they must be packed in thick paper (newspaper or craft).
Wet waste (non-recyclable): food scraps, vegetation waste, etc.
Further information can be obtained by contacting Sudes (0800 082 2600 or 98802-4834), at http://www.maceio.al.gov.br/coleta-legal/ or directly with the cooperatives: Coopvila (99948-4741) ), Cooplum (98840-2028), Cooprel Benedito Bentes (99373-6605) and Cooprel Antares 99816-5444.
