Abstract
The present work has as its main objective the assessment of the kind and quantity of waste produced by the metallurgic industries in the city of Ijuí. The roll of the 78 metallurgic plants was drawn from the ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS/96 provided by the BUREAU OF COMERCE, INDUSTRY ANO TOURISM OF IJUÍ. In spite of this number, only 40 firms were assessed because the others were closed (14) or not found (24). The assessment was made through a questionnaire applied IN LOCO in a period comprised between June/96 to February/97. The numeric data about the amount of waste is a monthly average value estimated by the firms themselves. The waste produced in higher amounts are: metals, fusing sand, office paper and dining hall scraps. The total amount of waste produced makes 48.809 Kg/month, being 14.711 Kg/month are reciclated. The waste not recycled makes 34.098 Kg/month and is sent to junk yards, burnt or thrown in the municipal waste deposit 101. The fusing sand, wich is the waste produced in major amounts of size, isn't produced anymore. In this case the total amount of waste produced goes to 18.809 Kg/month, with a recycling percentage of 78%
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