In order to modernize the general management and the management of solid waste, the Brazilian government in its various federal levels of activity has taken on new methods and conceptions for the collection, handling and disposal of waste, including in this chain the principles of sustainability and partnership between different spheres of government and the private sector. Thus, Rio de Janeiro is experiencing a new implemented logistical organization at municipal and state scales, affecting the concept of quality of life in the city, as this system affects the well-being and environmental health of citizens, especially those located near important traffic routes between the city and its metropolitan area. Therefore, it is important to reflect on the existing mistakes in the public policies on this service, as the management has generated pollution and produced sick bodies within the surrounding population by the damaging nature of these activities. The Honório Gurgel neighborhood is the area of study for the problems arising from the installation of the Estação de Transferência de Resíduos (Waste Transfer Station) of the Ciclus enterprise and how this station materializes the negative impacts on the quality of life of this part of the territory of the city. In this work, we sought to understand the limits faced by the local residents to press the enterprise to take responsibility for environmental quality and protect the health of the population, and how the degree of political participation of those who are affected by the station is capable of revealing the insurgency poses and conformism among people, understood in this study as resistance and resignation .