In day 15 december 2022 CETESB approved board decision no. 130/2022 which establishes the Term of Reference for the preparation of the Solid Waste Management Plan (PGRS) within the scope of the environmental licensing of the state of São Paulo.
According to Article 1 of the Board Decision, the Term of Reference for the preparation of the PGRS is an instrument to be included in the environmental licensing of the state of São Paulo, whose objective is to standardize the structure, define the minimum content and form of presentation of Solid Waste Management Plans, according to the specific legislation in force.
The Board Decision determines that the PGRS must be submitted in electronic format, through the State System of Online Solid Waste Management – SIGOR.
The single annex is divided into 5 chapters, which define the structure of the PGRS.
The first chapter deals with the objectives of the plan, in the second chapter, the structure and types of PGRS are given, being Simplified and Collective, defining the criteria for each of them.
In chapter III it is defined in which phase of the licensing the PGRS must be presented, according to the type of license.
For undertakings and activities not subject to environmental licensing by CETESB, the PGRSs must be presented in accordance with the procedures and rules established by the competent bodies of SISNAMA.
Chapter IV deals with exemptions from the PGRS for micro and small companies that generate only solid household waste or that generate solid waste equivalent to solid household waste by the municipal government up to a volume of two hundred liters per day and for companies that fall under the simplified plan, micro and small businesses, that do not generate hazardous waste, nor waste of environmental interest – defined by CETESB.
The final chapter contains the final provisions, which define that the undertakings and activities that are also subject to the elaboration of the Civil Construction Waste Management Plan – PGRCC (CONAMA Resolution No. 307/2002), of the Health Services Waste Management Plan – PGRSS (CONAMA Resolution No. 358/2005 and Anvisa Resolution 222/2018), or the Port Waste Management Plan, airports, Railway and Bus Terminals – PGRPATRF (CONAMA Resolution No. 5/1993 and ANVISA/DC Resolution No. 661/2022) may include their contents in the PGRS, without prejudice to the requirements established by the competent bodies.
Companies that are subject to the preparation of the Hazardous Waste Management Plan (Decree No. 10.936 from 11 of january 2022 – art. 69), must integrate their content into the PGRS as a single document.
Prior to the publication of this board, the PGRS was mandatory by law for companies with significant waste generation and regulated only by Federal Law 12.305/2010, which provides for the National Solid Waste Policy.
Today, the PGRS becomes mandatory for all companies licensed environmentally by CETESB and must be prepared and implemented by a duly qualified technical professional, periodically reviewed and presented to the licensing environmental agency.
The Term of Reference presents the minimum structure and content of the PGRS, which is divided into 9 items, being them:
- Enterprise identification: Item where all the main information of the enterprise will be inserted. Examples: corporate reason, CETESB registration, unit code in SIGOR MTR, location, activity, contacts, generate more than 95% of non-hazardous waste in relation to the total solid waste generated, etc..
- Technical responsability: place where the data of the technician responsible for the preparation and execution of the PGRS will be informed, ART and Statement of Responsibility.
- Characterization of the enterprise: plan indication of waste distribution and indication of environmental protection systems (waterproofing, drains, closure, roof, containment etc.)
- Diagnosis and management of solid waste: present a table with the generation source data, identification of waste generated in the enterprise according to the IBAMA code and name, physical state, classification, estimate of quantity generated, storage location, conditioning, collection frequency and destination technologies. And also present the description of the actions to be developed in the management of solid waste and practices that guarantee compliance with waste management.
- Environmental liability: present the amount of solid waste stored for a period greater than 1 year and create a table containing the data from the previous item. Justify the formation or maintenance of liabilities and present a liability elimination schedule.
- Goals and indicators: present measures and solutions to minimize the generation and promote the reuse of waste.
- monitoring program: present the assessment of the measures and actions of the solid waste diagnosis and management item and the targets indicated in the PGRS. Monitor the amount of waste generated and disposed of by the enterprise; and describe the monitoring of actions to reduce environmental liabilities, relevant case.
- Shared responsibility and reverse logistics: in case the company is required to carry out the reverse logistics of its products or the packaging of its post-consumer products, as determined in art. 33. from you Federal nº 12.305/2010 and in Resolution SMA No. 45/2015, present in table form the reverse logistics plan registered in SIGOR Logística Reversa; inform the person responsible for the logistics plan and how the company participates in the reverse logistics system (specify whether the company is responsible for the individual plan, managing entity, collection/delivery point, receiving center and sorting center, sender, logistics operator or collectors' organization).
- Preventive and corrective actions: Inform the actions to be taken in situations of incorrect management or accidents.
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