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K R A Nunes1, C F Mahler, R A Valle
1COPPE-Production Engineering Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. knunes@pep.ufrj.br
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.
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