Laboratórios do Campus Capão do Leão da Universidade Federal de Pelotas: uma análise sobre o gerenciamento de resíduos perigosos

Abstract

Concern for the environment is an increasingly relevant issue in our society today. Organizations seek actions that can reduce the environmental impact caused by their activities. Public institutions, such as Universities, generate hazardous waste in laboratories that work with chemical products and biological materials. As knowledge-generating centers, Universities must actively participate in the processes of managing this waste and in issues of environmental sustainability. This study aimed to analyze the management of hazardous waste in the laboratories of the Capão do Leão Campus, based on interviews and questionnaires answered by 21 coordinators of laboratories at the Capão do Leão Campus of the Federal University of Pelotas - UFPEL. The research had a qualitative approach, applied in nature, with descriptive objectives. A documentary study was carried out on UFPEL regulations and processes in the institution's Electronic Information System (SEI), in addition to current legislation on the subject, such as: PNRS, Conama, PNMA. Six on-line interviews were carried out, with a semi-structured questionnaire for the coordinators of the laboratories that generate hazardous waste at UFPEL's Capão do Leão Campus, and 15 responses were obtained using the Bubble form. As a result, the lack of information disclosed in academic units was identified; little participation in training actions in the area of waste management and lack of an environmental policy defined at UFPEL. The study contributes to the institution by drawing up an Action Plan for UFPEL's hazardous waste generating laboratories, supported by 3 axes: environmental policy, achievable in the long term; training, in the medium term; and information management, in the short term. The Action Plan suggests the adoption of an Environmental Management System (SGA) by the University, defining the institution's environmental policy, as well as permanent actions for training and improving the flow of information to laboratories that generate hazardous waste.