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legislation. During the meeting, it was agreed that the commercial points that sell the
lamp should start collecting these materials that have lost their useful life, adapting
to the legislation.
3 Research Method
As a way of carrying out this study, six research steps were elaborated, detailed in
topics 3.1–3.6.
3.1 Study Area and Problem Characterization
The present study was carried out in the city of Irati, located in the southeastern
region of Paraná, with 999.516 km
2 of total territorial area (urban and rural). The
urban region of the city is divided into 19 regions, with a population of 60,070
inhabitants (IBGE 2016).
An interview was conducted with the person responsible for the Environment and
Ecology sector in the municipality, and according to Lozinski (personal interview,
March 24, 2017) the City Hall currently only provides the collection of organic and
recyclable waste.
According to the interviewee, the town does not yet have programs related to the
reverse logistics of lamps, batteries and electronic products. What ends up being
a problem found in the Municipality, since the residents are not encouraged to
consciously dispose of this waste.
3.2 Municipality Information
As data on the number of homes and people in each region was not made available
by the City of Irati, an estimate was made for each one.
Through a map provided by the Municipality, a division of the city was carried out
in 19 regions. Using the software, a measurement of the built areas of the municipality
was carried out, in order to determine the residential area of the town. Intend to obtain
the data referring to the number of residents in each region, a new relative population
was first performed taking into account the measured area. Finally, the new relative
population was multiplied by the constructed area of each regions.
To estimate the number of houses per region, the number of populations per region
was divided by the average number of inhabitants per household, made available by
the National Household Sample Plan (PNAD) carried out in 2015 by IBGE.
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legislation. During the meeting, it was agreed that the commercial points that sell the
lamp should start collecting these materials that have lost their useful life, adapting
to the legislation.
3 Research Method
As a way of carrying out this study, six research steps were elaborated, detailed in
topics 3.1–3.6.
3.1 Study Area and Problem Characterization
The present study was carried out in the city of Irati, located in the southeastern
region of Paraná, with 999.516 km
2 of total territorial area (urban and rural). The
urban region of the city is divided into 19 regions, with a population of 60,070
inhabitants (IBGE 2016).
An interview was conducted with the person responsible for the Environment and
Ecology sector in the municipality, and according to Lozinski (personal interview,
March 24, 2017) the City Hall currently only provides the collection of organic and
recyclable waste.
According to the interviewee, the town does not yet have programs related to the
reverse logistics of lamps, batteries and electronic products. What ends up being
a problem found in the Municipality, since the residents are not encouraged to
consciously dispose of this waste.
3.2 Municipality Information
As data on the number of homes and people in each region was not made available
by the City of Irati, an estimate was made for each one.
Through a map provided by the Municipality, a division of the city was carried out
in 19 regions. Using the software, a measurement of the built areas of the municipality
was carried out, in order to determine the residential area of the town. Intend to obtain
the data referring to the number of residents in each region, a new relative population
was first performed taking into account the measured area. Finally, the new relative
population was multiplied by the constructed area of each regions.
To estimate the number of houses per region, the number of populations per region
was divided by the average number of inhabitants per household, made available by
the National Household Sample Plan (PNAD) carried out in 2015 by IBGE.