Práticas ambientais em uma cooperativa agropecuária no município de Caturité -PB á luz de produção mais limpa.

Abstract

This study is inserted in the context of Corporate Environmental Management in the application of Cleaner Production Tool (CP) as an alternative to mitigate the social and environmental damage caused by industry, particularly the dairy industry, choosing as a research subject a milk processing plant and manufacturing of dairy products, in the municipality of Caturité, state of Paraiba. The main objective sought to assess the environmental practices of the cooperative and the P + L level matches. As a method of research procedures was applied a case study using the methodology of the National Center for Clean Technologies (CNTL), SENAI - RS. As a guideline of the study, the Environmental Goals were demonstrated the CNTL / SENAI (2003) identified in Coapecal and described the Environmental Practices Maganha (2006) used by the company in order to identify the CP levels that such practices correspond. The results were evaluated Environmental Practices used in Coapecal and identified the Environmental Goals to identify which CP level match. The study concluded that, of the 6 Environmental Goals surveyed, half were answered, and 27 environmental practices listed in the checklist applied, 13 were identified, representing an average level of use, and as a result of CP level was found the Level 1, Waste Minimization and emissions with reduction at source obtained the highest representation, considering that the study met the goals. At the end suggestions for improvements were presented to implement the CP's CTNL tool.