Desarrollo de técnicas de producción más limpia en el plan de manejo ambiental de la Empresa Quimical Scientific Diagnostic

Abstract

Cleaner production is a preventive strategy, which, with a holistic approach, seeks to mitigate the negative impacts on the environment. In the generation of waste, the measures applied. Cleaner production has advantages at an environmental and economic level about measures at the end of the process, awakening the interest of the private sector. The Quimical Scientific Diagnostic Company produces compound reagents for clinical diagnosis. Within its corporate policy that respects the environment, it supports any measure that goes towards sustainable development. In this work, the production processes in the company were evaluated for, subsequently, using a cascade of matrices for the evaluation of environmental impacts, establish the relationship between the activities of the company and the different environmental factors. The Leopold matrix allowed us to rate the type of impact and, finally, to develop cleaner production measures in environmental management plans, which allow reducing the negative environmental impacts caused by the company. The plans where cleaner production criteria were best applied were: prevention and mitigation plan, contingency plan, training plan, waste management plan and energy plan.