title: Reverse logistics in the Brazilian construction industry.
abstract: In Brazil most Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D waste) is not recycled. This situation is expected to change significantly, since new federal regulations oblige municipalities to create and implement sustainable C&D waste management plans which assign an important role to recycling activities. The recycling organizational network and its flows and components are fundamental to C&D waste recycling feasibility. Organizational networks, flows and components involve reverse logistics. The aim of this work is to introduce the concepts of reverse logistics and reverse distribution channel networks and to study the Brazilian C&D waste case.
authors.affiliation: COPPE-Production Engineering Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. knunes@pep.ufrj.br
authors.forename: K R A
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Mahler
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003252:Construction Materials; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016015:Logistic Models; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste