Industrial activity is one of the main promoters of negative impact on the environment, for it consumes 37% of the world’s energy and emits 50% of carbon dioxide, 90% of sulfur oxide and all chemical products that threaten the environment nowadays, besides producing 2,100 million tons of solid residue and 338 million tons of dangerous residual matter.

The emissions of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, CFC and nitrous oxide) frequently occur in the different segments of the industrial process, such as food, beverages, cement, paper, and cellulose, porcelain, lumber mills, petrochemical plants, and iron metallurgy, amongst others.

For each one of those industrial sectors, there are many opportunities for the implementation of CDM projects. Example:
• Food: biomass project for generation and cogeneration of energy;
• Beverage: substitution of fuel oil for the firing of solid biomass in the beer production process;
• Cement: substitution of fuel oil for natural gas; use of high-kiln dregs for the production of cement;
• Paper and cellulose: methane mitigation through effluents treatment; substitution of fuel oil for natural gas; energy generation from biomass;
• Porcelain: change of fuel;
• Lumber mills: energy generation from biomass and reduction of methane emissions;
• Petrochemical plants: fuel substitution;
• Chemical: reduction of N2O emissions and substitution of fuel for natural gas;
• Iron metallurgy: substitution of fossil fuels for renewable fuel; cogeneration of energy through the implementation of gas recuperation system.
The implementation of CDM projects that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the productive industrial process can generate carbon credits.

JMalucelli & CMC Ambiental is prepared to help clients choose the most adequate technology in implementing a CDM project in those various industrial segments, as well as with the carbon credits certification process.