Pasantía empresarial de ingeniería ambiental en la planta harinas de Avidesa Mac Pollo S.A.

Abstract

This work describes the functions of the business internship in environmental engineering developed in the Department of Environmental Management (DGA) of the flour production plant of Avidesa Mac Pollo SA, which requested support in its Wastewater Treatment Plant (PTAR) and Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan and RESPEL (PGIRS-PGIRESPEL), in order to comply with the legal regulations established and required by the Colombian State to avoid possible closures and sanctions, contribute to the reduction of negative impacts on the environment. environment, in addition to helping with the internal environmental management of the company. For this reason, activities were carried out to monitor, control, verify and update programs that the flour plant has, as well as additional activities in other plants such as employee training, waste management, among others. According to the results obtained from the activities carried out, the shortcomings were identified through an internal audit, which was divided into the environmental performance of solid waste and the environmental performance of liquid waste from the flour plant; Within it, the main aspects to be improved were determined, such as the new regulation of the colour code, the adaptation of the RESPEL room, the update of the PGRMV, the formulation of a PUEAA and the addition of a secondary treatment for STARnD, based on the proposed improvement strategies to comply with all that is required by law and optimize the plant's environmental processes.