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Effluents 103-2 | 103-3
All units have primary and secondary Effluents Treatment Stations (or ETEs, their acronym in Portuguese). Liquid effluents discarded in meatpacking operations undergo physical and biological treatment and are monitored by sam- ple, through which the Company verifies the efficacy of the system and identifies points for improvement. There are units that use this efflu- ent for fertigation, and these units are increas- ing their coverage area, while another industrial plant, the process of implementing fertigation is in the final phase. Units that use or will use this process periodically carry out applicable mon- itoring of the soil, groundwater and receiving water bodies.
Minerva makes permanent investments in im- proving treatment stations to maintain the average global efficiency of minimal organic load removal (Biochemical Oxygen Demand –BOD) at 85%.
Waste 103-2 | 103-3
The Industrial Solid Waste Management Pro- gram is responsible for guaranteeing environ- mentally adequate treatment. Each type of ac- tivity produces a category of waste, which has a specific disposal method. Materials are there- fore selected that can be reused and/or that should be eliminated or decontaminated. Units document disposals on log sheets, such as, the Waste Transport Manifest (WTM), the check- list of the truck that will transport, invoice, cer- tificate of disposal and the licenses of the col- lecting companies and disposal locations.
In 2017, 32,161.997 kg of waste was recycled, composed of paper/cardboard, clear and mixed plastics, containers, among others.
32,161.997 Kg
of waste,
made up of paper/cardboard, clear and mixed plastics, containers among others
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