How the Perception of Employees Can Help to Address Management …
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Brazil, based on the demands and perspectives of the main stakeholders involved,
the landfill employees.
5 Methods
The perception of managers and operators who work in two landfills located
in Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area was assessed through a semi-structured
questionnaire, with open-ended and closed-ended questions, and non-directive
interviews.
The landfills visited were the Curitiba’s Sanitary Landfill, currently deactivated
and located in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, and a landfill operated by a private company,
located in Fazenda Rio Grande, Paraná, Brazil. For the first one, Curitiba’s Sanitary
Landfill, an operator of the leachate treatment plant and a manager were interviewed.
For the landfill under the responsibility of a private company, the interview was
conducted with an operator and a technical manager. Full names of respondents
will not be disclosed, as agreed prior to the interview. Interviews were conducted
between April 25 and May 2, 2019, during technical visits to both landfills. The
questions asked which operations, among the ones performed frequently in a landfill
(e.g. waste collection, waste disposal, leachate treatment, gas collection, drainage,
landfill cells closure, etc.), are perceived by managers and operators of landfills
located in Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area as the ones representing the biggest
challenges and problems in these units.
From the answers and information collected during interviews with landfill
managers and operators of Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area, data was grouped into
categories related to the technical, operational and management limitations found in
these facilities. Speech analysis was also performed based on the interview responses.
6 Results and Analysis
Before 1989, according to the manager responsible for the Curitiba’s Sanitary Landfill, the municipality of Curitiba sent its MSW to a dump, later transformed into a
controlled landfill, located next to the municipality of Almirante Tamandaré, Paraná,
Brazil. However, the amount of garbage began to increase, following the demographic
growth of the city and its Metropolitan Area. The concern with the community and
the environment, especially regarding the leachate produced in the controlled landfill,
led the City Hall of Curitiba to propose the construction of the Curitiba’s Sanitary
Landfill, which can even be considered as one of the first landfills in Brazil. Initially
expected to receive MSW for 11 years and six months, the landfill was active for
21 years, from November 1989 to November 2010. During this time, the Curitiba’s
Sanitary Landfill has received about 12 million tons of MSW from Curitiba and 17
other municipalities.
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Brazil, based on the demands and perspectives of the main stakeholders involved,
the landfill employees.
5 Methods
The perception of managers and operators who work in two landfills located
in Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area was assessed through a semi-structured
questionnaire, with open-ended and closed-ended questions, and non-directive
interviews.
The landfills visited were the Curitiba’s Sanitary Landfill, currently deactivated
and located in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, and a landfill operated by a private company,
located in Fazenda Rio Grande, Paraná, Brazil. For the first one, Curitiba’s Sanitary
Landfill, an operator of the leachate treatment plant and a manager were interviewed.
For the landfill under the responsibility of a private company, the interview was
conducted with an operator and a technical manager. Full names of respondents
will not be disclosed, as agreed prior to the interview. Interviews were conducted
between April 25 and May 2, 2019, during technical visits to both landfills. The
questions asked which operations, among the ones performed frequently in a landfill
(e.g. waste collection, waste disposal, leachate treatment, gas collection, drainage,
landfill cells closure, etc.), are perceived by managers and operators of landfills
located in Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area as the ones representing the biggest
challenges and problems in these units.
From the answers and information collected during interviews with landfill
managers and operators of Curitiba and its Metropolitan Area, data was grouped into
categories related to the technical, operational and management limitations found in
these facilities. Speech analysis was also performed based on the interview responses.
6 Results and Analysis
Before 1989, according to the manager responsible for the Curitiba’s Sanitary Landfill, the municipality of Curitiba sent its MSW to a dump, later transformed into a
controlled landfill, located next to the municipality of Almirante Tamandaré, Paraná,
Brazil. However, the amount of garbage began to increase, following the demographic
growth of the city and its Metropolitan Area. The concern with the community and
the environment, especially regarding the leachate produced in the controlled landfill,
led the City Hall of Curitiba to propose the construction of the Curitiba’s Sanitary
Landfill, which can even be considered as one of the first landfills in Brazil. Initially
expected to receive MSW for 11 years and six months, the landfill was active for
21 years, from November 1989 to November 2010. During this time, the Curitiba’s
Sanitary Landfill has received about 12 million tons of MSW from Curitiba and 17
other municipalities.