Despite all the tradition of the sugarcane agro-industry, the concern and critical judgment related to the negative environmental impacts that its industrial processes can produce in the environment is notorious. The objective of this study was to evaluate the production of ethanol, sugar and other sugarcane by-products from four industrial units in Alagoas during three harvests and to assess the possible envir...
Despite the environmental impacts generated by polluting waste from the sugar-energy industry, studies evaluating this issue in the Northeast region of Brazil are still incipient. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental impacts of polluting waste produced by sugarcane industries in the state of Alagoas. A survey was carried out, applying a questionnaire in three mill and an autonomous...