Environmental accountancy: Characterization of the environmental liability generated by dumpsite in Jussara – Brasil

Abstract

Environmental problems are part of the human experience for many years due to the uncontrolled extraction of natural resources, and the disposal of materials considered being unserviceable to the use and consumption of society. Law 12.305/2010 provides that government, companies and society must act in the management of solid waste, since the disposal of waste in inappropriate places causes harm to both society and the environment. The municipality of Jussara-GO faces problems to comply this law. In this study, was demonstrated how the environmental liabilities arising from the dump, result of past events, but with the responsibility in the present and how the liquidation is done through the exit of resources that can generate economic benefits, since the trash disposal affects Throughout the region causing various environmental problems. The research shows, through photos, the various materials discarded in the Jussara city dump, such as cardboard boxes, plastics, PET and glass bottles, batteries, florescent bulbs, among other materials that harm air, soil and water resources. The reader will be invited to know, through reading this article, how the environmental issue has an effect on the economy through the study of the environmental liability generated by the dumpsite.