Procedimiento para la gestión de los impactos ambientales negativos asociados a la recuperación de materias primas en Cienfuegos, Cuba

Recycling is a prioritized activity in Cuba. The goal was to implement a procedure to manage the negative environmental impacts associated with key processes of Recovery Raw Materials Cienfuegos Enterprise. The procedure was constructed using the proposal of the Andalusian Institute of Technology for process management and the eight steps in solving problems. Under the principle of methodological convergence management tools were combined. The environmental impacts were assessed using the GAIA software version 1.0, the criteria proposed by the Methodological Guide to Environmental Impact Assessment of Conesa. Was took in to account. 97 negative environmental impacts were identified, severe and moderate integrated the 80.41 % of them. Physic-chemist was the more impacted environmental factor with 50.52 %. The non-metallic subprocess was the most impactful, with 50 % of the total negative severe impacts and 34 % of moderates. The main associated causes were identified and an intervention plan of 35 measures based on the principles of cleaner production was designed. The results contribute to achieve the management of the negative environmental impacts of the entity and sustainability of recycling