Management of Solid Wastes Produced in a Sugaralcohol Industry Aiming at Proper Storing and Final Disposal

Abstract

Industries are currently seeking improvements with regard to the environmental impact caused by their productive process. These exigencies have arisen from the environment and from the market. Current essay employs survey research which identifies forms of control, storing and final disposal of industrial solid wastes to attend to the needs of the sugar-alcohol industry in a sustainable manner through a decrease in environmental impact. The industry and its personnel will thus comply with legal requirements while seeking solutions and implanting an environmental correct model for the control, storage and final disposal of solid wastes and their decrease. A questionnaire-based survey was undertaken with the industry´s collaborators. The study also endeavored to demonstrate ideas and attitudes which may educate environmentally the personnel and make them accountable for their social and environmental role in the industry and in society. It would thus make them aware of the importance of control, storage and final disposal of solid wastes so that attitudes would be taken that reduce their production. This is not merely a strategic issue but a need within the environmental context. Results show that deeper knowledge on methodology and motivation of the firm and its employees in the application of the above-mentioned tools becomes a highly attractive option for the sustainability of the organization and of society in which it is inserted.