Cristiane Jaccoud, Alessandra Magrini, Regulation of solid waste 
management at Brazilian ports: Analysis and proposals for Brazil in 
light of the European experience, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Available 
online 22 December 2013, ISSN 0025-326X, 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.006.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X1300739X)
Abstract: With a coastline of 8500 km, Brazil has 34 public ports and 
various private terminals, which together in 2012 handled 809 million 
tonnes of goods. The solid wastes produced (from port activities, ships 
and cargoes) pose a highly relevant problem, both due to the quantity 
and diversity, requiring a complex and integrated set of practices 
resulting from legal requirements and proactive initiatives. The main 
Brazilian law on solid waste management is recent (Law 12,305/2010) and 
the specific rules on solid waste in ports are badly in need of revision 
to meet the challenges caused by expansion of the sector and to 
harmonize them with the best global practices. This paper analyzes the 
current legal/regulatory framework for solid waste management at 
Brazilian ports and compares this structure with the practice in Europe. 
At the end, we suggest initiatives to improve the regulation of solid 
wastes at Brazilian ports.
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