Proposta de plano de gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos do Centro de Tecnologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

As a rule, higher education institutions produce a significant amount of solid and liquid waste, being these classified as an urban or an industrial waste, it can become a menace to the environment and society as a whole. Facing such situation, a correct management is needed to avoid any possible environmental damage. The following work has the goal to elaborate a PGRS (“Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos Sólidos” or Solid Waste Management Plan) for the technological center of the Universidade Federal do Ceará, that could decrease the current generation of solid waste while it propitiate a suitable handling of it. Therefore, the planning methodology that will be presented in this work is divided in three simple sections: bibliographic research, diagnosis and prognosis. In the diagnosis section, at first, some important questions were raised and it was only possible to answers such questions through the observation of the activities and the source of the waste at the study site, giving valuable information of the process. Then, proceeding to do these tasks: description, classification, quantification and analysis, achieving a better performance to the management plan. With the diagnosis results in hands, corrective measures can be proposed to elaborated a management plan that suits the interests of the institution, according to the laws and regulations and assuring the reduction of the wastage. The management plan contemplates the following steps of: minimization, segregation, gathering, stowage, internal transport, temporary storage and final destination, looking to stimulate a larger environmental awareness, with a touch of responsible consumption, to the academic community