Reverse logistics encompasses the planning, operation and control of products with the
objective of enabling the collection, reuse or return of solid waste to production or
transformation centers, in accordance with current legislation in Brazil, as in the case of the
National Policy Solid Waste (PNRS). This article aims to present the reverse logistics of
electronic waste, more precisely the way in which the disposal of cell phones and batteries is
carried out in the Araguaína - TO trade. This is an exploratory research, of a qualitative nature
that used the deductive method for its achievement, resulting in the fact that the companies that
work with commerce and with technical assistance for cell phones in the municipality, in the
majority, to be aware of the legislation and to dispose of the products for the collection carried
out by a higher education institution (IES) in the city, although it is evident that if it were not
for the performance of the aforementioned IES, there might have been no initiative on the part
of traders and technical assistants.
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