Urban Solid Waste, Waste Pickers, and the Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

Objective: to determine the relationship between Municipal Solid Waste (USR) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Methodology: The answers were constructed by accessing information in the period 1991-2020 of the Municipal Human Development Index and results of the sanitation research of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The textual data of the SDGs were stemmed using the IRaMuTeQ software. The DELPHI technique was applied in the consultation with specialists and users related to The USC in the period 2019-2022. The indicators allowed the formulation of the Quality Function Implementation Implementation Table. Conclusions: The results indicated the correlation between the USRs and the SDGs, by the anthropogenic and technological vectors evidencing the socioeconomic problem of the vulnerable population. Originality: the situation could be correct, in addition to public policy with the valorization of the work of waste pickers and generating conditions of “green employment” in the world.