Eco-driving: uma ferramenta para aprimorar a sustentabilidade do transporte de resíduos urbanos

This article aims at presenting the results obtained through a project with the participation of 22 drivers and 11 heavy vehicles for the collection and transfer of waste in urban areas in the city of Rio de Janeiro. For this, a literature review was conducted to present the main concepts and objectives of the studied theme and then presented the data and information of the implemented project. It was identified that there is a potential in the use of Eco-driving in financial and environmental terms, applied to municipal waste collection vehicles. In the case study, through that this practice was obtained up to 7.6% in improved fuel economy and reduced to 7.1% in CO2 emissions (the main greenhouse gas) and local air pollutants.