Avaliação dos aspectos e impactos ambientais do setor cerâmico na Bacia do Rio Itaqui - município de Campo Largo, e propostas de controle ambiental: estudo de caso

Abstract

The evolution of the industrial sector in Brazil is identified in the city of Campo Largo, Parana State, through the ceramic industry, which is historically considered one of the main economic activities in the region, due to the availability of raw materials of mineral origin and ease of obtaining necessary inputs to the process, in particular water. Many of these companies have been located in the city for over 50 years in what is now considered an area source of public supply, demonstrating the urgent need for studies to evaluate the environmental performance of the production process and ceramic products, focusing on the interference of the same quality and availability of water from the spring. This work results from a field study of the ceramic process developed in the city of Campo Largo, where data was obtained from companies of white ceramic - tableware. The data shown is essentially the consumption of raw materials, energy, generation of waste solids, liquids and gases, by using the analysis method inventory life cycle. The results were aggregated in the form of evaluation of environmental aspects and impacts to assess the environmental performance of industry, to define a corrective action plan for companies located in the ceramics River basin Itaqui. The results demonstrate significant environmental impacts associated with air emissions arising from burning processes and transport of raw materials. The corrective action plan included proposals for environmental control for the ceramic sector and activities related to the supervision and monitoring of industrial activities in the river basin Itaqui, and activities geared to urban planning in the region and actions for Environmental Education.