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Decree No. 3700-R restructuring the State Solid Waste Management Committee (COGERES) within the State Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources (SEAMA).

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Espírito Santo
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Institution Solid waste Inspection Monitoring Pollution control Recycling/reuse Waste management
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree, consisting of 11 articles, establishes the restructuring of the Solid Waste Management Committee of the State of Espírito Santo (COGERES) within the State Secretariat for Environment and Water Resources (SEAMA). COGERES is a permanent collegiate body with the primary purpose of promoting participatory Management of Solid Waste in the State of Espírito Santo, and has the following attributions: follow-up the implementation of the State Solid Waste Policy in the State in order to guarantee integrated, shared and participatory management; articulate the actions of the State Public Administration with the municipalities in related matters; propose programmes that address and facilitate the development of differentiated solid waste management alternatives; improve the consumption of recyclable and recycled products; contribute to the exercise of social control in related matters; propose instruments to implement actions by preparing proposals or similar instruments; propose actions for the implementation of the State Policy on Solid Waste; prepare and implement the State Solid Waste Plan of Espírito Santo, etc.

Full text
English
Website
www.conslegis.es.gov.br