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+Favela −Trash: Socio-Environmental Self-Management of Waste in Favelas
Solid waste is one of the biggest problems in major cities around the world. Like other problems, it unequally affects black and low-income populations. In Brazil, it is no different. Favelas do not have sufficient public policies to truly address their conditions. In Aglomerado da Serra, one of the biggest favelas in Brazil, the Mais Favela Menos Lixo (+Favela, −Trash) project emerged from a collaboration between the UFMG Architecture School and a public school in the community. The objective of this partnership is to address solid waste management processes in the community with a community-based and self-managed methodology. The project is guided by three axes of action. First, debris treatment features a containment system that reuses civil construction waste and the removal of abandoned cars. Second, urban furniture planning decentralizes garbage accumulation until it is collected in order to avoid attracting animals and spreading throughout the community and waterways by the rain. Third, the dissemination of knowledge via a collaborative map painted on the school wall publicizing social actions and information about garbage collection; posters attached to poles with information about the collection; and collaboration with urban agroecology organizations to discuss composting. In conclusion, the + Favela, −Trash shows the importance of public schools in the community struggle for self-management and territorial affirmation.
+Favela −Trash: Socio-Environmental Self-Management of Waste in Favelas
Solid waste is one of the biggest problems in major cities around the world. Like other problems, it unequally affects black and low-income populations. In Brazil, it is no different. Favelas do not have sufficient public policies to truly address their conditions. In Aglomerado da Serra, one of the biggest favelas in Brazil, the Mais Favela Menos Lixo (+Favela, −Trash) project emerged from a collaboration between the UFMG Architecture School and a public school in the community. The objective of this partnership is to address solid waste management processes in the community with a community-based and self-managed methodology. The project is guided by three axes of action. First, debris treatment features a containment system that reuses civil construction waste and the removal of abandoned cars. Second, urban furniture planning decentralizes garbage accumulation until it is collected in order to avoid attracting animals and spreading throughout the community and waterways by the rain. Third, the dissemination of knowledge via a collaborative map painted on the school wall publicizing social actions and information about garbage collection; posters attached to poles with information about the collection; and collaboration with urban agroecology organizations to discuss composting. In conclusion, the + Favela, −Trash shows the importance of public schools in the community struggle for self-management and territorial affirmation.
+Favela −Trash: Socio-Environmental Self-Management of Waste in Favelas
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Mostafa, Magda (editor) / Baumeister, Ruth (editor) / Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard (editor) / Tamke, Martin (editor) / Garcia, Pedro Arles Fernandes (author) / Da Costa, Hemanuela Ferreira (author) / Lima, Isabella Domiciano (author) / Morandi, Thais (author) / Leta, Margarete (author) / da Silva, Floricena Estevam Carneiro (author)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
2023-09-03
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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