Gerenciamento das embalagens de agrotóxico por meio de logística reversa: estudo de caso em uma empresa de insumo agrícola na cidade de Araguaína/TO

Abstract

Brazil is one of the world's main consumers of pesticides. For rural producers, economic and agronomic returns are seen as advantages. However, environmental degradation and risk to human health are some of the disadvantages that pesticides cause. Thus, the research aimed to identify the factors that contributed to the implementation of reverse logistics in the life cycle of empty pesticide containers in the city of Araguaína/TO. Specifically, it sought to analyze the performance of inspection bodies in terms of compliance with current legislation on the collection of pesticide packaging; verify how companies adopt the organizational policy of reverse logistics and the destination given to empty pesticide containers; and describe the impacts caused by the incorrect disposal of empty packaging of agricultural inputs on the environment. The research is classified as a case study, with a qualitative approach and an exploratory and descriptive nature. For the data collection, two interviews were carried out, for both of which a semi-structured interview script was elaborated with pertinent questions for the achievement of the objective. With this, it was identified that the joint action between the company and the inspection body to carry out the reverse logistics of empty pesticide containers, with the producers, has positive results, the data indicated that approximately 60% and 80% of the packages are returned empty