Nowadays, industries are searching a better environmental performance stimulated by changes in society behavior concerning to environmental issues and reasonable use for natural resources. In addition, companies realized that they have economic losses producing wastes. So, a better environmental perfomance means financial benefits to the organization. This work presents MAICAPI Methodology developed to evaluate environmental impacts and costs in industrial processes. This methodology was applied on an incinerator machine factory and it allowed to identify process phases whose environmental impacts were critics. Besides, the methodology application also identified operations with higher environmental costs in this company.
MAICAPI Methodology; environmental performance assessment; environmental impact assessment; metal-mechanical industry
