Title: Reverse logistics: Brazilian national policy on solid waste from Decree 10,936/2022 perspective

Authors: José Aires Trigo; Aline Guimaraes Monteiro Trigo; Thiago Santos Ramalho; Leonardo de Oliveira Evangelista; Úrsula Maruyama

Addresses: Universidade Estácio de Sá – UNESA, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil ' Strategy Division for Institutional Environmental Sustainability (DISAI/DIGES), CEFET-RJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil ' Department of Production Engineering, CEFET-RJ, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil ' Universidade Estácio de Sá – UNESA, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil ' Department of Business Administration, CEFET-RJ, Project Management, Brazilian Ministry of Education (Setec/MEC), Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil; Brazilian Ministry of Education, Brazil

Abstract: The National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) came to define responsibilities for collaborative actions. Decree No. 10,936/2022 brought new regulations that promote the implementation of reverse logistics systems. The present work aims to discuss the impacts of the new PNRS regulation regarding reverse logistics. Documentary research was carried out for subsequent content analysis process, through investigation and examination of the legal decree. As main results, it is indicated the evaluation of potential gains of scale and use of synergies of reverse logistics systems, respecting the effectiveness of the national information system on solid waste management for management continuous improvement. These theoretical-methodological contributions are still incipient. However, the social contribution is the effective closure of all dumps and controlled landfills. This gap appears as an opportunity for studies, considering that the reality of solid waste management in Brazilian municipalities is heterogeneous.

Keywords: reverse logistics; environmental management; National Policy on Solid Waste; Decree 10,936/2022; solid waste; shared responsibility; sustainable development; terms of commitments; sectoral agreements.

DOI: 10.1504/LAJMSD.2023.132353

Latin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development, 2023 Vol.6 No.1, pp.45 - 59

Received: 29 Dec 2022
Accepted: 28 Mar 2023
Published online: 18 Jul 2023 *

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