Desafios e alternativas para o gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos recicláveis: estudo de caso no município de Mandaguari-PR

Abstract

Society is generally aware of the importance of business logistics to meet its consumption needs, but there is still little logistics: Reverse Logistics (LR), which can be defined as a practical and strategic area for development through the reuse or return of products, packaging or materials to its production center. In view of this fact, the objective of the study was to evaluate the challenges related to the post-consumer Reverse Logistics in the municipality of Mandaguari (PR) and to identify the profile of the employees of the Association of Collectors of Recyclable Materials of Mandaguari (ACAMAN) analyze the main problems faced by the organization, suggesting prospecting measures that improve the socio-environmental sustainability. Therefore, a qualitative and exploratory research was carried out, whose means of investigation were the bibliographic review on the subject in scientific articles, journals and journals in electronic databases and a case study in ACAMAN, the study involved field research through documentary research, interview with the manager of the association and direct observation of the association's facilities. According to the result, the profile of the employees was drawn, most of whom were female (83.3%), aged between 26-35 (37.5%) and had only elementary education incomplete (66.6%). Regarding the selective collection, only 5.2% of the districts do the proper separation of the residues and the total volume of recyclable waste collected was 70 tons / month. The main problems of ACAMAN were the difficulty of organizational management related to the entrance of materials and financial organization, the search for techniques that help to increase income, and efficient ways of environmental awareness of society. The organization also has prospecting actions for the training of managers, the establishment of partnerships that allow investments in technologies for processing materials, adding value to the product. In addition to the dissemination of the process of selective collection and sensitization of the population against the importance of these activities for the socio- environmental development of the municipality.