Diagnóstico para a formulação de um sistema de gestão ambiental em uma agroindústria de laticínios no município de Cerro Largo – RS

Abstract

The dairy segment is one of the most important sectors in the context of agroindustry, and given the characteristics of the sector, environmental issues are developed. Environmental management of a milk industrialization activity is important to minimize impacts generated by the sector. As a result, the general objective was defined as to identify the milk production process, aiming to enhance the formulation of an environmental management system for an agroindustry in the Northwest region of Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, the chosen methodology is the descriptive, with a qualitative approach, where the information related to the studied agroindustry was searched in documents, and later, and later, a technical visit of direct and systematic observation was carried out. For data analysis, categories covering each of the specific objectives were established. As for results, it was found that in the structure of the production processes, there haven’t been major changes since the year 2017, and through the outputs of the processes, it was possible to identify the relevant environmental aspects. The vulnerabilities cover features of the environmental aspects of the generation of liquid effluents and solid waste. Potentialities, on the other hand, concern aspects such as atmospheric emissions, solid waste and whey. Finally, it is worth mentioning that this study can serve as a basis for the formulation of an environmental management system for the Konzen Agroindustry.