BENS DOMÉSTICOS INSERVÍVEIS PRODUZIDOS EM GOIÂNIA: COLETA E DESTINAÇÃO.

Abstract

This research presents diagnosis of unserviceable domestic goods (BIDs) of the type appliances and electronics in an exploratory study in the city of Goiânia, highlighting aspects of their collection and destination in fourteen waste pickers cooperatives. These BDIs and its various components are collected, mostly by the Catatreco Project (PC) and the Goiania Selective Collection Program (PGCS), both developed by Goiânia Urbanization Company (COMURG) in partnership with Municipal Environment Agency (AMMA). These two entities are subject to the City of Goiânia and benefit the families of the waste pickers cooperative. The exploratory research methodology showed different strategies that recycling cooperatives use to sell BDIs to three scrap metal companies, called intermediary or mediating companies, for resale to recycling industries. The data collection: two questionnaires, an interview script and print notes. The results show that these BDIs received in the cooperatives are not measured and represents the minimum quantity in other types of BDIs. The infrastructure is very weak and those types that have economic viability can be recycled. Respondents felt that most of the collection corresponds to the partnership with COMURG but other partners also contribute. Thus, cooperatives are gaining their self-management. Reverse logistics is associated with recycled industry operated outside the State of Goiás. This research allows us to understand that cooperatives do not recycle the unserviceable household good. They just carry out the separation and the sale/marketing.