Pollution Credit Certificates Theory

Marina Jardim Faria de Araujo, Marcus Vinícius Faria de Araújo, Antonio Henriques De Araujo Jr, José Glenio Medeiros de Barros, Maria da Glória De Almeida, Bernardo Bastos da Fonseca, José Salvador Da Motta Reis, Luís César Ferreira Motta Barbosa, Gilberto Santos, Nilo Antonio De Souza Sampaio

Pollution Credit Certificates Theory

Číslo: 3/2021
Periodikum: Quality Innovation Prosperity
DOI: 10.12776/qip.v25i3.1574

Klíčová slova: solid waste management; SWM; pollution credit; certificates theory

Pro získání musíte mít účet v Citace PRO.

Přečíst po přihlášení

Anotace: Purpose: This paper aims to introduce an economic instrument called Theory of Pollution Credit Certificates in the management of municipal solid waste in Brazil, in order to create opportunities to achieve the goal established in the above mentioned policy at lowest possible social costs.

Methodology/Approach: The methodology adopted has as a starting point the “constructo” of a scenario in which a city comprised of five brazilian districts produces its urban solid waste made up of 50% organic material. In the proposed scenario, similar to what happens in practice, a fee for collection and treatment of organic material would be charged for two different situations.


Findings: The result showed that the use of Pollution Credit Certificates Theory has a better cost-effectiveness for solid waste management because it allows reaching the environmental goal at a lower cost to society.


Research Limitation/Implication: Subjectivity of the analysis, due to the “constructo” proposition in the studies.


Originality/Value of paper: From the results obtained, we inferred that the use of the Pollution Certificates Theory for the management of brazilian municipal solid waste benefits from economies of scale as it allows in the scenario determined, that districts sell their spaces at the landfill and parallel to this, to promote the practice of composting organic waste in the municipality.