PERTURBAÇÕES ANTRÓPICAS E POLUIÇÃO POR LIXO MARINHO NO LITORAL SUL DE ARACAJU: COMPORTAMENTO SOCIAL E AÇÕES PÚBLICAS COMO FATORES DE DEGRADAÇÃO AMBIENTAL

Anthropic disturbances and pollution by marine debris on the south coast of Aracaju: social behavior and public actions as environment degradation factors Elaine Knupp de Brito¹, Jorge Alberto Manso Raimundo da

Abstract

Irregular waste dumping in marine or terrestrial  environment, environmental contamination,  rampant urbanization and vehicles traffic on the sand strip represent risk to human beings  and marine animals’ life and health. This study aimed to quantify and classify anthropic  marine debris stranded on the beach, also identify, qualitatively, other anthropic disturbances
sources on the south coast of Aracaju (Sergipe, Brazil). Results point to an increase of 229.8%  in the volume of anthropic solid waste in the sand strip in periods without restrictions on  access to the beach related to the pandemic of covid-19, compared to restricted access period;  Plastic waste represents 88,6% of all marine garbage and tourism and recreation activities on
the beaches are the main dumping source. Other anthropic impacts related to social behavior  could be identified, such as vehicles traffic on the beaches and Inefficient public service actions  that contributed to the accumulation of solid waste in the coastal area. All of the mapped  records have in common acts of disorder that generated the perception of deterioration and  absence of laws, normalizing harmful behaviors of great impact on the degradation of the  marine ecosystem.

Keywords: anthropic waste, marine pollution, marine debris, Northeast of Brazil, plastic pollution.