Resíduos sólidos inorgânico do restaurante universitário da UFPB - Campus IV, Rio Tinto/PB

Abstract

Solid waste results from processes of various daily activities and is often considered to be of no use to people or the production system. However, they can be converted into raw material for the production of new products and their contained energy can be reused. One of the largest solid waste generators within the institutions is the university restaurants and if they are not managed properly contribute to the increase of environmental problems. This work aims to identify and store the inorganic solids generated at the University Restaurant (RU), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) - Campus IV, Rio Tinto / PB. This work was carried out in two stages, one consisting initially of a data collection of the food company, where the history of the activities of the restaurant became a second stage of the study based on the gravimetric composition of the inorganic residues generated in the UK, which consisted of expansion of the quarrying process with subsequent manual segregation, packaging in plastic and finishing with the weighing of the waste, according to its typology. The data were organized in spreadsheet and elaborated in graphs. This work was carried out in September 2016 in September 2017, and the study months of September and November 2016, February, May and August 2017 were collected as a result of solid waste generated at the University Restaurant with other works scientists. It is necessary to maintain an environmental work routine to reduce the reuse and recycling of waste to be part of the daily routine of people who frequent the place and administration of the University Restaurant.