Aplicação da logística reversa por meio do processo de reciclagem na indústria de papel no brasil entre 1999 e 2008: análise da produção e consumo interno de aparas de papel e papelão ondulado

Abstract

The pulp and paper sector has gone through a process of global restructuring. The 1990s marked the arrival of this movement in brazil, driven by significant growth potential of the domestic market, the relative economic stability and the prrospects opened up by globalization. The search for optimized processes and economies of scale, and the advent of sustainable practices, led the paper industry to make use of instruments of reverse logistics in obtaining inputs. The increased rates of recovery and recycling of scrap paper and corrugated cardboard has been reducing costs to the national paper industry, driven by vigorous growth of the domestic market in the current decade. The data on physical production, domestic consumption of wood chips and paper and paper recovery rates in the country confirm the strong influence exerted by the use of recycled fibers, mainly in the production of corrugated cardboard. The consumable recyclable replaces only one part of virgin fiber in the production process, obtaining additional status inputs, without loss of quality in the final product.