Cultura de gestão do lixo políticas, percepções e práticas: caso do bairro central na Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present work assumes that the system that involves waste management in the city of Maputo has deficiencies as a result of the different policies implemented by the Municipality to reverse this situation. On the other hand, an important actor in this waste management process is brought to discussion, the citizens represented by the residents of Bairro Central and in this context, our approach aims to privilege their perceptions regarding the policies adopted by the Municipality if we consider that these same policies are expected to be enforced by the citizens of the city of Maputo. Our approach also intends to address the practices of residents of Bairro Central in relation to garbage in places of residence and in different spaces of social experience, as well as its role in the current scenario that the city presents in terms of garbage. This analysis develops around the different speeches made by the Municipality regarding its difficulties for efficient waste management, which is characterized by irregular collection, lack of sufficient containers for the deposit of garbage, interruption of the cleaning fee and by the lack of urban culture on the part of the citizens. In the final part of the work we tried to oppose the speeches broadcast by the Municipality as a consequence of the different arguments presented by the residents of Bairro Central that result from elements that are presented to them through the performance of the city council and, on the other hand, as a consequence of the existing relationship between the Municipality and citizens who do not advocate a dialogue to solve the garbage problem, but only comply with the approved policies.