Solid waste on Barra do Una beach in Peruíbe/SP: a quantitative analysis Rafael Alves Pedrosa, Marcos Fernandez Nardi

Abstract

The present study was performed on the basis of the need to establish a parameter showing the current scenario where there is a growing and visible increase of waste discarded improperly in the sands of the beaches in all the Brazilian coast, however here the study is concentrated and its environmental impacts on the quality of life of the community of Barra in a RDS of Juréia in Peruibe/SP, Having in mind that this study intends to give us reference the amount of solid waste in the beach, to be the first side to monitor the impact of waste on the sands of that beach. The waste deposited on beaches may have been left by bathers, transported by the rivers that cross the ecological reserve. Together, the trade winds (northeast) and the circulation pattern surface of the South Atlantic Ocean favors the transport of floating waste thrown into the sea by vessels for the Brazilian beaches. This study was aimed to carry out the analysis of sample waste discarded or housed in the bands from the sandy beach of the community of Barra do Una, conducting a survey of waste cited by characteristics and classification, thus establishing a scenario of current conditions the beach studied, creating a parameter so that future studies can contemplate a panorama of temporal evolution of the quantity and characteristics of the waste it found. On the occasion of the results obtained, we can perceive the incidence of organic waste as being responsible for more than 90% of the results inherent in the characteristics of the items found. However, in addition to the purpose of the analysis, it has been as conclusive aspect the need of more studies such as the one proposed in this article to create precise parameters regarding the adoption of measures which are capable of acting on causes, minimizing the negative effect to the local environment, in the medium and long term.