ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to characterize the production process and the waste generated by a sawmill in the metropolitan region of Belem, State of Para. The production process characterization and the quantification of the total waste volume generated were determined through the analysis of the material balance sheet of the company. It was possible to notice that the analyzed sawmill presented significant income percentage, close to the highest values found in the literature for sawmills in the region, which may be associated to the use of quality machinery in wood processing or even to the presence of trained labor. It was also observed that the studied sawmill intelligently directs its waste, commercializing it in accordance with greater or lesser added value.
Keywords:
sawmill; wood waste; production process.