Responsabilização Pós-Consumo e Logística Reversa:: O Caso das Embalagens de Agrotóxicos no Brasil

The pesticides packages bring risk of human and environmentalcontamination. This paper presents an analysis from the perspective ofsustainability, system of collection and disposal of pesticides packagesin Brazil, created from the Law 9974/2000, which established liabilityfor after consumption packa...

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Authors: Cometti, José Luís Said, Alves, Isabel Teresa Gama
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2010
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repository:Sustentabilidade em Debate (Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/14972
Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/14972
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Pós-consumo
Logística Reversa
Embalagens de agrotóxicos
Sustentabilidade
After consumption
Reverse Logistics
Pesticide packages
Sustainability
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Summary:The pesticides packages bring risk of human and environmentalcontamination. This paper presents an analysis from the perspective ofsustainability, system of collection and disposal of pesticides packagesin Brazil, created from the Law 9974/2000, which established liabilityfor after consumption packaging. In 2002 was created the NationalInstitute of Packaging Processing (Inpev) that uses the principle ofReverse Logistics, aiming to return the packages to the business cycleby recycling. It was found that the system has contributed to thereduction of environmental impacts and requires amendments tosustainability.