Gestão ambiental: medidas de produção mais limpa para uma fecularia localizada no noroeste do Paraná

Abstract

This research aimed to evaluate the environmental management of a starch factor of medium size, located in the northwestern Paraná. Also aimed to identify improvement opportunities through Cleaner Production tool. A questionnaire was applied to analyze the environmental management of the organization, which included the environmental variables: legal requirements; water and energy resources; atmospheric emissions; effluents; solid waste and raw material. It were identified and classified the environmental aspects and impacts associated with the activities developed by the organization, as the operational situation, the generation responsibility, timeliness and nature of impact, by suitable methodology of Moreira (2013), Assumpção (2010) and Seiffert (2010 ). There were recorded nineteen aspects and eleven environmental impacts distinct. Following part of the methodology Cleaner Production Technical Implementation Guide the National Center for Clean Technologies (CNTL), Cleaner Production measures were presented for the company, related to: energy saving; water saving; reduction of air emissions; reduction of effluents and reduction of solid waste.