Briquetting as an Alternative for the Use of Urban Wood Waste as a Mitigation Process on Environmental Impacts in Manaus

Abstract

Waste generation has become one of the most important issues of the century, every production process has significant losses due to the lack of proper management, especially wood waste, which becomes environmental liabilities, given the search for low environmental impact solutions, such as Microusina. Briquettes The scenario for initial investments that would be R $ 63,706.62 in fixed costs for implementation purposes and R $ 109,274.02 in variable costs for the first month, added up to R $ 792,980.64 (20%) of the amount spent in the year. 2018. The results of this research reflected that briquetting is an economically viable technological alternative that sets precedents for sustainable development in the Amazon, and may prove to be a powerful instrument for environmental compensation and cooperation among generating agents, collectors and the public authorities. , where it successfully fulfills its social function, generating cultural change and change and attitude towards waste disposal, reduction of generation, reduction of pressure under native forests, and minimization of environmental liabilities.