Per: Carlos Alberto Mendes Moraes (universidade do vale do rio dos sinos - unisinos), aline deitos (unisinos), natália rasquinha leal schnorr (unisinos), emanuele caroline Araújo dos santos (unisinos), daiane calheiro evaldt (unisinos), Thiago dai pra da silva (unisinos), regina celia espinosa modolo (unisinos), feliciane andrade brehm (unisinos)
Abstract:
The problem of solid waste from electrical and electronic equipment - WEEE - in Brazil and in the world has been growing more and more due to the accelerated growth in the applications of devices and electronic equipment in all productive areas and in the urban environment, in the increasing dependence on critical chemical elements or scarce on planet earth, the high degree of environmental impact arising from these extractions and the other end of the incorrect disposal of this after post-consumption and the lack of knowledge on how to better manage it, among other issues. This work seeks to propose a discussion on the extended responsibility of producers - REP, which here involve manufacturers of parts and devices, assemblers, traders, importers, and the society that consumes them in general. In this sense, one must rethink its use, its durability, its way of returning to the production system in a technical cycle, from maintenance, remanufacturing, recycling of parts and materials through proper disassembly and valorization of the chemical elements present. In this sense, the concept of circular economy that foresees in one of its cycles the technical, as presented, can direct towards a sustainable and necessary strategy for the continuous technological dependence in terms of semiconductors.