Avaliação da ecoeficiência na gestão de resíduos: estudo de caso de uma rede particular de saúde em Fortaleza

Abstract

Faced with the scenario of a more up-to-date market with good management practices, organizations must see the need to develop their products and services with the support of indicators focused on reducing costs and environmental impacts, as well the sustainable use of resources. Eco-efficiency is a concept that has an application history. Lately, the emergence of the parameters Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) may be associated to ecoefficiency. Therefore, the correct application contributes to environmental and economic benefits. This paper acclimates the reader to the context of eco-efficiency in waste management, initially with a more open approach and a historical overview of how eco-efficiency emerged. Then the study includes the presentation of cases where the application of eco-efficiency was successful. The assessment happened with indicators related to a company in the health sector to verify its maturity in eco-efficiency in waste management, evaluating weaknesses and improvements from the results obtained with the indicators. The first step was to choose processes that influence eco-efficiency in waste management. So, the analyses were the percentage indicators of garbage generation, costs with waste disposal and treatment, participation in training and environmental events to raise awareness of materials consumption. For the second step, the goal was to estimate the company's recycling and cost reduction potential. During the evaluation of indicators, parameters from other studies were references used for comparative purposes. After the assessments, the study discovered a few weaknesses in the waste management processes. Because there are processes that already aim to achieve eco-efficiency in waste management by the organization, there is room for improvement. The results reinforced the importance of involving senior management due to the complexity of the eco-efficiency concept, especially for a large company.