QUANTIFICATION OF VOLUNTARY DELIVERY POINTS (VDPS) FOR WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (E-WASTE) IN THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

Abstract

The effective functioning of reverse logistics systems (RLS) must consider, among others, the guarantee of the arrival of minimum volumes for the waste value recovery chain, to make their reinsertion in the production cycle economically viable. To this end, the collection plays a fundamental role in these systems. In the case of waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) in Brazil, Federal Decree 10.240 / 2020 highlights voluntary delivery points (VDPs) as places destined to receive such type of waste for its later destination to the next stages of the RLS. Thus, this article aims to quantify the number of e-waste VDPs needed to supply the RLS in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Data related to population quantity, Social Development Index (SDI) and area of ​​each administrative region were considered in the methodological procedure, which aimed to divide these variables according to classification scales for the high, medium or low e-waste generation, which would imply different needs of VDP. The results pointed to the heterogeneity of the city of Rio de Janeiro in terms of social development and demographic density in its 33 administrative regions, with emphasis on Campo Grande, Jacarepaguá, Santa Cruz and Barra da Tijuca, with the need for, respectively, 53, 39, 38 and 37 VDPs. Such sites are some of the main e-waste urban mines in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This analysis confirmed the potential of Rio de Janeiro to recover value from e-waste and contributed to the advances in RLS of this type of waste.