Logística reversa: estudo de caso de resíduos orgânicos em uma rede de supermercado no município de Araguaína-TO.

Abstract

Due to their great importance in society, supermarkets are major generators of solid waste. Thus, this work aimed to describe the challenges for the disposal of organic waste, identify the infrastructure and observe whether the supermarket chain meets the principles of sustainable development in its 5 units located in the city of Araguaína-TO. The study began through an observation by the author when identifying different types of waste from a supermarket chain in one of its branches, from this observation curiosity was aroused about how waste management and its destination was. For this work, we sought to use deductive methods and a case study to analyze the norms and process within the organization for a better analysis and knowledge of the practices used in the supermarket chain. In the supermarket's units, organic waste comes from the produce, snack bar, bakery and butcher sectors. Subsequently, a survey was carried out at the headquarters on the treatment and disposal of these materials. It was found that the company already adopts actions for the destination of its waste, and it was also observed that within the supermarket chain there is a process to separate organic waste, which only after this process is collected by the Mesa Brasil SESC program, for reuse.