A utilização da ferramenta PDCA na gestão de uma empresa de tratamento e destinação de REEE – estudo de caso Recife

Abstract

The present work is related with electronics waste (EWA) treatment and disposal. The generation speed of this kind of waste, on a worldwide scale, is in the order of 20 to 25 million tons a year. This result is a concern of environmental preservation agencies. As these waste ware potentially contaminants, in large proportions, of biotic systems in soil, water and air. The case study uses the tool Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA), developed by Walter Andrew Shewart, having two distinct periods of foundation, 1931 and 1939, through his books: Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product, and Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control. This tool was suggested for the referenced company in order to optimize the operationalization of treatment and disposal of the EWA. Thus enable the speed of transformation into economically and environmentally viable by-products. Although far below the generation speed of these kind of waste. In the specific case of Brazil there is the National Solid Waste Policy (NSWP) associated with the law 12.305/2010, in force. Arising from the decree 10.240/2020, the reverse logistics of electronics products becomes mandatory Nationwide with due legal protection, and with the use of the PDCA tool, implemented in the electronics waste treatment and disposal company, there is a perspective of continuous improvement. The result of optimized management and legal provisions generates the mitigation of large-scale environmental impacts. Noting that the physical and Chemical components of electronics are extremely harmful to all natural resources, therefore, it is necessary to pay careful attention to environmental public policies.