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Technology and Engineering
- ISSN: 2333-2581
- Modern Environmental Science and Engineering
Environmental Performance Assessment of Industrial Processes in Sugar Power Plants: A Proposed Methodological Framework
Marcelo Girotto Rebelato1, Andréia Marize Rodrigues1 and Leonardo Lucas Madaleno2
1. São Paulo State University, Brazil
2. State Center of Technological Education Paula Souza, Brazil
Abstract: The implementation of an Environmental Management System (EMS) has a wide range of requirements, among which, an environmental performance measurement based on appropriate indicators to a company reality. The definition of these indicators should take into account specificities of the produced goods and adopted processes, once industrial wastes are the main causes of environmental damages. Sugar power industry has always been concerned with production performance and environmental issues. This trade generates, especially in its industrial stages, many wastes and potentially polluting byproducts. Based on the allocation given to wastes and byproducts generated in industrial steps of sugarcane processing, the purpose of this paper is to develop a specific methodological framework to assess the environmental performance of manufacturing stages in sugar power plants. The developed structure took into account 27 wastes and byproducts generated in sugar power production, which can be used both for individual environmental performance and for a group of companies of the sector.
Key words: environmental performance evaluation; sugar and ethanol plants evaluation; environmental management
