Assessment of Environmental Aspects in a Metallurgical Enterprise

B. Gajdzik, A. Wyciślik, The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Katowice, Poland The publication characterises the quantity and quality methods applied in the assessment of the environmental aspects. The method of cumulated environmental loads is particularly interesting, where the network of process connections within an enterprise and between it and the surrounding (the co-operation of the enterprise with the suppliers of resources and materials, the networks of energy resources and distributors of products or other contributors in the chain of added value. The paper fi nishes with an example presenting the methodological assessment of the environmental aspects in the metallurgical enterprise.