Análise dos desafios financeiros de cooperativas de catadores de materiais recicláveis: os casos da COOPFUTURO e da COOPAMA

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to reflect on the role of the state in recognizing, through fair financial compensation, the relevant and fundamental environmental services provided by recyclable material collection workers. This case was chosen because this recognition is an important factor in the emancipation of these workers from the presence of the middleman during the process of selling the material collected, sorted and processed, since the fair payment made by the government is a key factor in solving the worst problem faced by the enterprises surveyed: the lack of working capital. To support this assertion, the Case Study methodology was used, initially reviewing the theoretical framework. Subsequently, through interviews, the members of COOPFUTURO and COOPAMA were listened to and included in the search for a viable way to demand adequate and viable support from the state in making the composition of the working capital of the two cooperatives researched feasible. In this way, the dissertation presents two cases and compares them, seeking to demonstrate the importance of the state recognizing the important public service provided by waste picker cooperatives and to show how it is feasible to pay for the environmental service provided without burdening the public coffers.