Diseño de un sistema de gestión ambiental basado en la norma ISO 14001:2004, para una empacadora de camarones de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The objective of the present work is based on a project of an environmental management system (EMS) desing based on the ISO 14001: 2004 standard for a shrimp packing plant in Guayaquil city. It was required, to determine the current state of the company's environmental management to use an initial environmental review (RAI) and different technical of investigation to get information. Technical visits, monitoring of environmental noise, particulate matter and the identification of significant environmental impacts were performed. With the Leopold matrix determined that the main contamination generated by the company was the process of discharging waste water with organic waste and detergent, contaminants of the raw material discharge, Raw material processing and of the cleaning of the areas, contributing to the non-compliance with the current environmental regulations. With the information gathering, an EMS implementation guide was developed, designed to the requirements of the study company.