MANAGING THE TECHNOLOGY FOR SELECTIVELY COLLECTING SOLID WASTE IN THE AMAZON.

This study concerns the management of technology in the selective collection of solid waste. Its main objective is to study the complexity of the technological management of the collection of solid waste, through the prism of reverse logistics; and it proposes specific objectives: (1) to describe the form of concentration of solid waste in the group studied; (2) analyze the impact of the volume of solid waste; and (3) propose intervention measures for solid waste management. It addresses the question of what technology management model should be used to meet efficiently the selective collection of solid waste in the Amazon. Founded on the theory of convergence, it studies the competitive advantage strategy by understanding the organizational system in the environment in which it operates; on this theory, Nobre (2011) addresses knowledge as a source that transmits the competitive edge in order to contribute to the organizational system of the company. The research is qualitative and descriptive; it applies the Case Study method, and related procedures. As a study, it verifies the existence of vulnerability in the investigated collector cooperatives, which influences the research conclusions in this paper. It finds that the collectors employed by these organizations play a key role in reverse logistics; these are the significant environmental agents in the process of reusing and recycling materials; thus they can return the waste to the production chain adding value and promoting shared management, through the integration of cooperatives and associations. The results also point to the absence of a system to promote environmental education, despising the potential viability of the materials, regardless of the possible economic and social improvements to the Amazonians and their families. The system proposed here involves the selective collection of solid waste by intelligent machines, applying reverse logistics. This study could benefit the business people, the government and other stakeholders in public policy and sustainability in fragile environments such as the Brazilian Amazon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]