Soluções para implementação de gestão de resíduos eletrônicos

Abstract

This study aims to present and analyze some existing solutions for the implementation of electronic waste management. The production of urban solid waste (USW) is among the major environmental issue faced by urban centers at the beginning of the third millennium. In parallel, the growing technological evolution has also increased the generation of Waste Electronic Equipment (WEEE), obtained when there is the obsolescence of equipment, functional problems and when its possibilities of reuse are exhausted. For the study of this issue, possible solutions existing in the world scenario and in view of the importance of this theme were presented. The solid waste management in Brazilian law, focusing on electronic waste and known solutions as reverse logistics as well as the Life Cycle Assessment, a tool used for the design and management of electronic products that are environmentally developed to minimize the disposal of electronic waste. Worldwide, several initiatives were identified to monitor the disposal process since the extraction of raw materials, and in many cases, the recycling and recovery of electronic materials have proved to be a viable and eventually profitable solution for production companies, since a significant part of electronic equipment has high value when reused.