Conclusion

164 (left) Pathway Connecting Two Sides of Ocupação Anchieta.

Establishing a sustainable waste management system in Ocupação Anchieta is critical from social, environmental, and economic perspectives and is an imperative step towards tenure security for residents. The interventions addressed in this chapter will be more impactful acting in unison with each other than alone. These proposed interventions include increasing dumpster capacity, providing trash and ashtray receptacles, establishing educational programming, installing signage, demonstrating behavioral norms, and installing rain barrels.

Given the complex relations between the legal, socio-political situation, and public health and environmental concerns, it is challenging to develop a plan for the Occupation that balances immediate solutions while achieving long-term social and environmental justice goals. Possible waste management interventions are situated at the crux of this debate between self-help solutions and reaching for a higher goal of social equity.