Perspectiva de aplicação da ecologia industrial à cadeia produtiva das embalagens plásticas de óleo lubrificante

Abstract

The disposal of plastic packaging of lubricating oil is a severe environmental problem due to the plastic's resistance, the degradation of soil, and the potential for contamination by residual oil. Currently, the environmentally adequate final disposal of these recipients is guided by the Federal Law 12.305/2010, which presents reverse logistics as the way by which manufacturers, importers, distributors, merchants, and consumers have a shared responsibility for the life cycle of potentially harmful products, such as lubricant oils, their residues and packaging. These issues were addressed in this study in order to propose environmental management actions based on tools associated with Industrial Ecology for the production chain of lubricant oil packaging. Based on the diagnosis of current practices of consumption and disposal of lubricant oil packaging, this study proposed options of alternative methodological bases for the creation of an integrated waste management system aimed at maximizing environmental efficiency of the production processes. Based on these proposals, we propose a more effective action of business management regarding the final processes of the life cycle of its products, especially regarding the mobilization of technical knowledge and management capacity.