Sinergias agroindustriais no campus III da UFPB: em busca de uma economia circular

Abstract

Sustainability continues to be a subject of great importance and constant debate throughout the world. The possibility of scarcity of natural resources, coupled with the large generation of waste, points to the need for a productive chain that harmonizes economic growth with environmental preservation. The traditional model of economy practiced by most organizations to meet their needs is the Linear Economy, a chain based on the extraction of raw materials, transformation, use and disposal. In this context, the Circular Economy emerges as an alternative to business innovation and to combat the damages that nature has been suffering. It is a model that drives towards sustainability, because it opposes the linear model, the material that would be discarded is no longer waste and becomes part of a process of reuse, reuse or recovery. The circular economy model proposes closed production processes, replacing the waste in the production cycle where everything becomes nutrient, which is similar to the process called "cradle to cradle", extinguishing the idea of ​​garbage and promoting the reduction of wasted raw material. The objective of this article is to investigate the synergies between the animal and vegetal production sectors of Campus III of the Federal University of Paraíba - UFPB, verifying the existence or not of a circular economy between them in the sense of diminishing environmental degradation. After interviews with those in charge of the crop and livestock production sectors, it was possible to perceive that there is a circularity of reuse of waste inside the campus, but such synergy could be enhanced by the adoption of new practices towards the Circular Economy.