THE MANAGEMENT OF WASTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN NATAL/BRAZIL
Sector agreements. Recycling production chain. Electronic waste management. Reverse Logistics. National Policy for Solid Residue.
The question of environment on a global scale was raised in association with various scenarios, which gradually reach a state of urgency and set the agenda for the environmental meetings starting from the 1970's. In Brazil, with the institution of the National Policy for Solid Residue - PNRS (Law 12.305/2010), a normative and institutional framework of put in place for the management of solid residue, electronic waste (REEE) among them, having as its main instruments sector agreements and reverse logistics. This research investigated how the REEE management is structured in the city of Natal/Brazil, based on the recommendation of the PNRS. Employing the qualitative method, this work had bibliographical research and document research as its methodological procedures. The field research took place in the period between 2015 and 2017. In it, direct observation in two REEE managing companies in Natal was carried out. Semi-structured interview with agents from the private sector were also made and, similarly, with representatives of public management who work in environment and residue management. It was verified that city public management had not consolidated knowledge on REEE, since the priorities of City Hall are directed towards other segments of reverse logistics. The current structures are limited to periodic campaigns for the collection of this type of residue. In this perspective, Natal fits into the residue recycling production chain by the possibility of economic gain, which distance the current actions from consolidating reverse logistics in accordance with the demands of the PNRS.
The question of environment on a global scale was raised in association with various scenarios, which gradually reach a state of urgency and set the agenda for the environmental meetings starting from the 1970's. In Brazil, with the institution of the National Policy for Solid Residue - PNRS (Law 12.305/2010), a normative and institutional framework of put in place for the management of solid residue, electronic waste (REEE) among them, having as its main instruments sector agreements and reverse logistics. This research investigated how the REEE management is structured in the city of Natal/Brazil, based on the recommendation of the PNRS. Employing the qualitative method, this work had bibliographical research and document research as its methodological procedures. The field research took place in the period between 2015 and 2017. In it, direct observation in two REEE managing companies in Natal was carried out. Semi-structured interview with agents from the private sector were also made and, similarly, with representatives of public management who work in environment and residue management. It was verified that city public management had not consolidated knowledge on REEE, since the priorities of City Hall are directed towards other segments of reverse logistics. The current structures are limited to periodic campaigns for the collection of this type of residue. In this perspective, Natal fits into the residue recycling production chain by the possibility of economic gain, which distance the current actions from consolidating reverse logistics in accordance with the demands of the PNRS.