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Presented by the    Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, the study A importância do saneamento ambiental e da gestão sustentável do lixo em regiões de favelas: O caso prático do morro do Andaraí - RJ - The Importance of the Environmental Sanitation and Sustainable Waste Management in Slum Areas: The Practical Case of the Andaraí Mount - RJ, by Maria de Fátima Rodrigues Pereira looks at environemental issues and waste management practices.

Residences built on the deforested mountain slopes generate big risks to the environment and to the health of the human population because of dispersed garbage, and the lack of basic sanitation and maintenance of the drainage system.

The main aim of this work is to provide low cost solutions to the environmental sanitation problems, with an initial focus on the sustainable management of the garbage in slums.