Gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos: as implicações da logística reversa à luz da Lei N. 12.305/2010 na Empresa Via Limpa

Abstract

In the last few decades, there has been significant changes in the natural environment, especially after the market globalization. The generation of solid wastes has become one of the most alarming problems of modern society ever since, being augmented by the gradual and disorganized population growth, the rapid urban territory expansion and occupation process, the increase in consumption goods production, among other aggravating factors. The extensive amount of generated residues and its poor management cause irreversible damage to the environment aside from significant financial spending. The population’s health and well-being are also deeply compromised. As a result, Brazil has had a National Policy of Solid Residues (PNRS) since 2010. This federal law stated the shared responsibility of the chain of supplies members concerning the management of solid wastes. The reverse logistics, although seen as a tool of economic and social development, gradually acquires legal, environmental and competitive importance. In this context, the general aim of this research was to analyze if the reverse logistics process of the Via Limpa company rests on the Law n. 12,305, which institutes the National Policy of Solid Residues. A descriptive research was conducted, produced in the form of a bibliographic and field study with a qualitative approach, aside from the semi-structured interview with the Partner Director of the company. It was possible to conclude that the company has a significant role in the reverse pathway of the wastes. It effectively aids the reduction of the environmental damages that its residues cause by not only providing an adequate destiny to it, but also associating damage prevention, assistance and correction measures before its clients and partners; and offering social and economic inclusion possibilities to its cooperatives. In order to do so, the company needs to act according to the federal law of solid residues; to adjust itself to other regulating politics, and state and municipal plans in each area of its units of action.