Aspectos relevantes de la gestión ambiental en una empresa importadora y comercializadora de productos biocidas : propuesta para el manejo de residuos peligrosos por envases desechados

Abstract

Hazardous waste originated by industrial activities is one of the neuralgic aspects of current organizations, due to the environmental and social impacts that improper handling of them can generate. However, it is evident that for the production of goods necessary for social welfare it is required to carry out packaging processes or use of products that inevitably generate some type of negative impact on the environment; It is there that it is imperative to seek alternative solutions to the proliferation of these uncontrolled waste and its final disposal. This study analyzes this situation in the context of a real company based on the experiences of the company OX-CTA Spain, dedicated to the import and commercialization of biocidal products whose areas of application are total hygiene and prevention, with a health and environmental protection approach. The relevant information for the development of this thesis is based on the direct collaboration of its subsidiary in Colombia, "OX-CTA Colombia" which has its national headquarters in the city of Bogotá. OX-CTA Colombia, has been in the national territory for four years carrying out import and repackaging processes of biocidal products in various presentations and sizes for customers nationwide, a situation that has generated a large amount of hazardous waste, which has not been It gives an appropriate treatment both in its generation, selection, collection and storage.