DIAGNOSIS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE FROM THE PUBLIC SLAUGHTERHOUSE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF POMBAL-PB

Abstract

The agroindustries, especially cattle slaughterhouses, are by nature generators of large amounts of solid waste, and when inadequately managed it can lead to potential environmental and health problems, such as pollution and contamination of water bodies and soil, production of fetid gases, besides the proliferation of micro and macro vectors of diseases. The objective was to carry out a diagnosis of solid waste management from the public slaughterhouse of Pombal-PB, identifying possible management failures and pointing out environmental control measures in all phases of the same. The methodology was based on a documental, bibliographical and field survey through the application of questionnaires with the direct social actors of the municipal Sanitary Surveillance, the Secretariat of the Environment, the Secretariat of Agriculture, employees of the slaughterhouse in question and analysis of the physical facilities, legislation, supervision and environmental impacts of these services in this agroindustry. The results analyzed allowed us to glimpse the need for specifications, normatizations and structural, sanitary and environmental adaptations in the slaughterhouse of Pombal-PB, as well as adequate management of solid waste and liquid effluents from the production process, because they present serious deficiencies in all stages of management and the actions to control the negative environmental impacts of their activities are incipient.