Enviromnmental practices adopted by microentrepreneurs in the network of automotive workshops in the county of Corrente/PI

Abstract

The county of Corrente/PI, counts on mechanical workshops that provide repair and maintenance of cars in order to extend their useful life, activities such as pollutants and consequent negative impacts on the environment and the environment public health. In view of this, the present study aimed to verify the existence of environmental practices adopted by micro entrepreneurs in the sector of mechanical workshop of automotive repair in the county of Corrente/PI. For this purpose the bibliographic research methods were used, as an initial support to final application of a structured and semi-structured questionnaire, composed of eleven questions. Eighteen automotive repair workshops participated in the survey, among results: 94.4% adopt environmental practices; 55.6% of respondents do not have knowledge about environmental legislation; 88.8% do not adopt a Management System Environmental. Considering the proposed objectives, it was possible to verify the existence of environmental practices in the workshops, although they focus mainly on the organization and local cleaning, which already shows a good start in the search for the adequacy, showing satisfactory results that can be obtained through good environmental practices, as well as ways to reduce the generation of waste and give value recyclable waste.