Environmental management in vehicles dealers: an operational model proposal

• Autor(a) principal: Luiz Henrique Lopes Vilas
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UNEC
• Texto Completo: http://bibliotecadigital.unec.edu.br/bdtdunec/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=26
• topic: concessionárias de veículos; procedimentos de gestão ambiental; CONSERVACAO DE SOLO E AGUA

The objective of this research was to evaluate and to describe the procedures of environmental management in 10 dealers of light and weighed vehicles, located in the cities of Caratinga, Governador Valadares, Ipatinga, Timóteo and Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais State, for elaboration of an environmental proposal for the sector. The acquisition of the data involved visits and the application of questionnaires with the companies managers, identifying the main aspects, generated residues, impacts and ambient measures adopted in accordance with the terms and definitions of ABNT - NBR - ISO 14.001:2004 and ABNT – NBR 10.004:2004 norms. The most common identified aspects and environmental impacts were the chemical generation of residues contaminated with inks, chemical products, oils, greases and derivatives (paper, cloth, sandpaper, packing, plastic mass), generation of effluents (solvent water, inks and solvents, oils and derivatives), wastefulness of energy and water, leak of inflammable, corrosive and dangerous products, emissions of noises, dust, gas and vapors. The most significant impacts concentrate in the area of services and workshop of the dealers, whose activities correspond to the area of weld, panel-beating, auto body, painting, maintenance, mechanics, and wash of vehicles, engines and parts that results in generation of residues and that can cause contamination of the ground, water and air. The environmental measures currently adopted by the dealers aim to minimize the main environmental impacts and the performance occurs throughout the productive process. Although the dealers of vehicles try to update in the legislation and search for improvements in the processes of environmental licensing, they still face with many difficulties regarding to the legal aspects. The absence of technical and legislation knowledge in the preparation of the environmental studies and generated residues management are the main impediments. In the state of Minas Gerais exist few licensed companies with receive and treat generated residues from vehicles dealers. Moreover, normally the majority of these companies are far, implying in a considerable transport cost. Such situation induces the illegal deposition of this material in inappropriate places. In this context and on the basis of the identified problems were elaborated a proposal of environmental Management for dealers of vehicles, structuralized in accordance with ABNT – NBR – ISO 14.001:2004 norm. The proposal intends to supply the technical necessities of the sector for adequacy to the management norms, as well as to contribute with information for the environmental authorities.