Commercialization of Recyclable Materials: The Case of Solidary Economic Enterprises in Alagoas
recycling; commercialization; Alagoas; solid waste
The generation of waste is linked to the advent of industrialization and population growth, which lead to constant increases in the level of production, consumption, exploration and the use of natural resources. Through recycling it is possible to return part of the waste to the production process, it is an activity that encompasses different aspects: for collectors it is a means of generating income and livelihood, for scrap collectors it is a business and for environmentalists a way to change the relationship with the environment. Cooperatives and associations carry out the selective collection process on the streets of the municipalities and inside the headquarters of the enterprises, the collectors carry out a process of segregation and improvement of recyclable material, giving the necessary inputs to the recycling value chain. The objective is to identify the main bottlenecks for the sale of recyclable material in solidary economic enterprises in the municipalities of Arapiraca, Coruripe, Maceió and Marechal Deodoro. The methodology used will have a qualitative and descriptive character through bibliographic survey and primary data collection.