ABSTRACT

The whole management of urban solid waste has assumed an important role in relation to
minimization of environment problems and getting money through their valuation, in
Europe, America and Asia it can develop its economic and financial systems. We can
highlight the case of Japan because yearly they get at about 68 (sixty eight) billion dollars
with solid waste recycling and also the European Union where 1% percent of gross domestic
product (GDP) with the creation of two billion jobs. In Luanda province this issue has been
handled inadequately, rehearsing several models in order to run strategic actions which
make the whole management of solid waste feasible, allowing us to reach sustainability. Our
objective is to demonstrate the relevance of recycling process in Angolan economics in
which we´ve highlighted environmental education projects that must act continuous and
permanently with selective gathering. The methodologies used were the exploratory
qualitative research and the descriptive quantitative one, which are based on a direct and
indirect observation analysis and data interpretation, and also in the model estimation which
best fits the phenomenon resolution. In the mean time, we are focused in social mobilization
actions, using the highlighted methods in the triple r assumption namely (reduction, reuse,
and recycling) thus, fulfilling the seven goals defined in the strategic program of urban
waste management (2012). The results obtained in several areas show that the carry out of
solid waste recycling in the country, will represent a surplus value for the Angolan
economics, the costs of human lives; social exclusion; job creation, waste of money and
benefits in public issues such as financial, economical, environmental and social. Statistics
and data analysis created us satisfactory expectations in relation to socio-economical and
environmental variables. However, we think that recycling represents a more correct
solution in relation to serious weather problems which Luanda society has been discussing
lately and will strongly contribute to weather preservation. The benefits that will come
through the carry out of recycling process are notorious, the creation of collecting recycling
trash cooperatives and construction of factories, sorting points, the improve of public health
system and increase of useful lifetime of Mulenvus landfill, the non-infestation of
groundwater, the reduction of infected patients with endemic diseases caused by macro
vectors whose habitat is in the trash. Ounce those variables are relived, it will allows us to
reduce the costs with trash management, and at the same time it will improve the
environment quality and well being of the Angolans citizens, particularly people from
Luanda province.

Key words: Sustainability, economics, recycling, environmental education, urban solid

waste.