This work analyzes the importance of inclusion of waste pickers in the process of integrated management of solid waste in the Estádio Esportivo Jornalista Mario Filho – Maracanã. It describeshow the management of solid waste was applied in the stadium. And with that, analyze the possibilities and limitations of interaction between the involvedparts in this process. Semistructured interviews were conducted with the parts responsible for waste management in the stadium and with the collectors, analyzing the amount of waste generated and the amount that is sent to recycling and landfills, in order to verify the economic viability of the business. Solid waste is increasing because of population growth, rapid urbanization, technological development and improvement in the socioeconomic conditions of the populations. To reduce the generation of solid waste urgent responses that imply changes in existing patterns of production and consumption of modern society are required, as well as the introduction of an integrated management, sustainable, socially just and environmentally efficient. Selective solid waste collection and recycling are practices that contribute to sustainable urban development as well as to human and environmental health. Mega events involve huge means of production and organization, generating an increase in the consumption of food and beverages, highlighting the disposal of paper, aluminum, glass and plastic. In such events it is common the presence of aluminum cans collectors (LIMA and MOTA, 2013). The tourism and leisure spaces such as football stadiums, generate waste by focusing greater consumption and disposal of materials (ABAL, 2009). Given the importance of the major events happening in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Estádio Jornalista Mario Filho presents large and irregular generation of waste, raising questions concerning the process of implementing environmental actions in the management of solid waste.