Logística reversa de pós consumo: redução de custos e contribuição no impacto ambiental

Abstract

Reverse Logistics have acquired a greater importance in recent years. There are numerous factors that contributed to its growth and increasing importance in the sector. Such factors include more rigorous environmental legislation, the need for cost reduction, increased need to offer even more services through return policies to their customers, among others. Companies are not only using a larger amount of recycled materials, they are also worrying about the environmentally friendly disposal of their products at the end of its life cycle. Therefore, with the potential growth of this undeveloped area, this article presents an overview of reverse logistics. It aims to characterize reverse logistics of post consumption, a direction of the growing interest of companies for reverse logistics as a key factor in the process of revaluation of manufactured goods, show the cost reduction opportunities and the growing ecological sensitivity related to the environment, and becoming a company with an image that gives you more competitiveness within the increasingly demanding market.