How the Perception of Employees Can
Help to Address Management
and Operation Challenges Towards More
Sustainable Sanitary Landfills: A Case
Study of Curitiba and Metropolitan Area
Elaine Cristina Latocheski and Janaina Camile Pasqual Lofhagen
1 Introduction
The increase in the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated year after
year, combined with more restrictive pollution control laws and growing concern
about impacts on the environment, has stimulated the search for more sustainable
and socially responsible solutions for waste management.
In Brazil, one of the main methods used for the management of MSW is its
disposal in sanitary landfills, which makes the country strongly dependent on them.
In this regard, relying on the perception of landfill managers and operators can help
to understand the limitations found in this type of facilities, especially in relation to
the treatment of leachate, identified as one of the main environmental challenges of
landfills. Such understanding is important for greater control and efficiency of the
final disposal of MSW. In addition, this comprehension about the main difficulties
can allow the proposition of applied research and the development of more effective
technologies, making the operation and management of landfills more sustainable
and socially responsible by contributing to the minimization of the negative impacts
associated with these units.
In this sense, this work aimed to know the perception of landfill managers and
operators from Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area regarding their main difficulties
of management and operation, especially those concerning the treatment of leachate.
E. C. Latocheski (B) · J. C. P. Lofhagen
School of Sustainable Development and Environmental Management, Pontifícia Universidade
Católica Do Paraná, R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Curitiba, Paraná 80215-901, Brazil
e-mail: e.latocheski@gmail.com
J. C. P. Lofhagen
e-mail: janainapas@yahoo.com.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_5
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Help to Address Management
and Operation Challenges Towards More
Sustainable Sanitary Landfills: A Case
Study of Curitiba and Metropolitan Area
Elaine Cristina Latocheski and Janaina Camile Pasqual Lofhagen
1 Introduction
The increase in the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated year after
year, combined with more restrictive pollution control laws and growing concern
about impacts on the environment, has stimulated the search for more sustainable
and socially responsible solutions for waste management.
In Brazil, one of the main methods used for the management of MSW is its
disposal in sanitary landfills, which makes the country strongly dependent on them.
In this regard, relying on the perception of landfill managers and operators can help
to understand the limitations found in this type of facilities, especially in relation to
the treatment of leachate, identified as one of the main environmental challenges of
landfills. Such understanding is important for greater control and efficiency of the
final disposal of MSW. In addition, this comprehension about the main difficulties
can allow the proposition of applied research and the development of more effective
technologies, making the operation and management of landfills more sustainable
and socially responsible by contributing to the minimization of the negative impacts
associated with these units.
In this sense, this work aimed to know the perception of landfill managers and
operators from Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area regarding their main difficulties
of management and operation, especially those concerning the treatment of leachate.
E. C. Latocheski (B) · J. C. P. Lofhagen
School of Sustainable Development and Environmental Management, Pontifícia Universidade
Católica Do Paraná, R. Imaculada Conceição, 1155, Curitiba, Paraná 80215-901, Brazil
e-mail: e.latocheski@gmail.com
J. C. P. Lofhagen
e-mail: janainapas@yahoo.com.br
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_5
75