Graphic waste management in PIM/AM

Abstract

This study aims to show the application of the management of graphic waste production providing suitability for the final disposal of solid waste from a company located in the Industrial Complex of Manaus/AM, segmentation of the printing industry showing the need to adopt procedures that bring environmental, economic and social benefits. The companies started to worry about actions that have the purpose of adapting, being ecologically correct and improving their image in the market as a company that is concerned with socio-environmental issues and sustainable development. The objective is to show the application of correct disposal management of solid waste produced by this company. However, the generation of solid waste is potentially harmful to the environment, the activity of industries can be performed in an environmentally friendly way, through this study, environmental aspects have been properly identified, evaluated and controlled. This shows that the company is committed, according to the National Policy for Solid Waste, playing an exemplary role regarding the proper disposal. Social and environmental responsibility practices, based on the company's economic performance, show the performance of responsibility practices, in the items that were considered in the analysis regarding the concern with the environment and the awareness about the waste generated by it, in its production process in the labour field. In this way, the company that demonstrates practices of responsibility and commitment to society and the environment.