Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP

The increase in consumption has contributed to the growth in solid waste generation. In 2012, Brazil presented an increase in waste generation rates, which exceeded the rate of population growth. The metropolitan region of Belém-PA reflects this scenario as well. This Brazilian State has taken act...

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Main Authors: Emmily Caroline Cabral da Fonseca, Eriton Carlos Martins Barreiros, André Cristiano Silva Melo, Vitor William Batista Martins, Denilson Ricardo de Lucena Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2017-03-01
Series:GEPROS: Gestão da Produção, Operações e Sistemas
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Online Access:http://revista.feb.unesp.br/index.php/gepros/article/view/1587
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author Emmily Caroline Cabral da Fonseca
Eriton Carlos Martins Barreiros
André Cristiano Silva Melo
Vitor William Batista Martins
Denilson Ricardo de Lucena Nunes
author_facet Emmily Caroline Cabral da Fonseca
Eriton Carlos Martins Barreiros
André Cristiano Silva Melo
Vitor William Batista Martins
Denilson Ricardo de Lucena Nunes
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description The increase in consumption has contributed to the growth in solid waste generation. In 2012, Brazil presented an increase in waste generation rates, which exceeded the rate of population growth. The metropolitan region of Belém-PA reflects this scenario as well. This Brazilian State has taken actions in order to combat this problem, and one of them was the creation of the National Solid Waste Policy (NSWP) established by Law No. 12,305 (2010). This Law contains guidelines for handling, decreasing generation, reusing and recycling solid waste. In this sense, the cooperatives of recyclable waste collectors are an important link in this reusing and recycling network. Thus, this paper proposes improvements for the processes performed by a cooperative of waste collectors, located in Belém-PA, in the context of the NSWP by encouraging the sustainable development of this organization. For this purpose, the theoretical background was provided from journals and government sites, especially topics regarding to the said Act and the Reverse Logistics (RL). In addition, data from the cooperative activities were collected and analyzed, which resulted in the following contributions: proposition of improvements in the processes, object of this study, which followed the NSWP considerations. These results proposed actions aligned to the principles of sustainable development expected in the NSWP, as well as to generate new content focused on the area of Production Engineering, especially Logistics.
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spelling doaj.art-724fbeef10d0459d8489c562940843412022-12-21T18:42:52ZengUniversidade Estadual PaulistaGEPROS: Gestão da Produção, Operações e Sistemas1984-24302017-03-01121012010.15675/gepros.v12i1.1587Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWPEmmily Caroline Cabral da FonsecaEriton Carlos Martins BarreirosAndré Cristiano Silva MeloVitor William Batista MartinsDenilson Ricardo de Lucena NunesThe increase in consumption has contributed to the growth in solid waste generation. In 2012, Brazil presented an increase in waste generation rates, which exceeded the rate of population growth. The metropolitan region of Belém-PA reflects this scenario as well. This Brazilian State has taken actions in order to combat this problem, and one of them was the creation of the National Solid Waste Policy (NSWP) established by Law No. 12,305 (2010). This Law contains guidelines for handling, decreasing generation, reusing and recycling solid waste. In this sense, the cooperatives of recyclable waste collectors are an important link in this reusing and recycling network. Thus, this paper proposes improvements for the processes performed by a cooperative of waste collectors, located in Belém-PA, in the context of the NSWP by encouraging the sustainable development of this organization. For this purpose, the theoretical background was provided from journals and government sites, especially topics regarding to the said Act and the Reverse Logistics (RL). In addition, data from the cooperative activities were collected and analyzed, which resulted in the following contributions: proposition of improvements in the processes, object of this study, which followed the NSWP considerations. These results proposed actions aligned to the principles of sustainable development expected in the NSWP, as well as to generate new content focused on the area of Production Engineering, especially Logistics.http://revista.feb.unesp.br/index.php/gepros/article/view/1587NSWPReverse logisticsSolid WasteProcess MappingProcess Improvement
spellingShingle Emmily Caroline Cabral da Fonseca
Eriton Carlos Martins Barreiros
André Cristiano Silva Melo
Vitor William Batista Martins
Denilson Ricardo de Lucena Nunes
Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP
GEPROS: Gestão da Produção, Operações e Sistemas
NSWP
Reverse logistics
Solid Waste
Process Mapping
Process Improvement
title Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP
title_full Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP
title_fullStr Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP
title_full_unstemmed Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP
title_short Logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in Belém-PA: A proposal based on NSWP
title_sort logistics improvements in a cooperative of recyclable waste collectors in belem pa a proposal based on nswp
topic NSWP
Reverse logistics
Solid Waste
Process Mapping
Process Improvement
url http://revista.feb.unesp.br/index.php/gepros/article/view/1587
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