Pro-Catador Project activation Pará

In 2010, the Brazilian National Congress approves the National Solid Waste Policy, which institutes the closure of "open dumps". Therefore, based on this legislation, the challenge for public authorities is to include waste pickers in urban selective collection. In 2016, the government of the State of Pará starts the execution of the project "Pro-catador: activation Pará", a public policy that has goals such as: the verification of the solid waste situation in the municipalities of Pará; the incubation, so that cooperatives can exercise their self-management capacity; and also the distribution of Personal Protection Equipment. So, the book, besides describing the present project, also addresses the conceptual aspect of public policies and briefly the situation of recyclable solid waste from the global to the local sphere. In the Social Sciences, the study of the environment is considerably recent, as discussions arise in the 1970s. Thus, the manuscript provides a primary source for managers, professionals, students and other interested parties that work in areas involving public policies and/or sustainable development.