Brazil adopted a national medicines reverse logistic system (MRLS) in 2020 to properly
discharge medicines for human use. Parallel to this, there are Brazilian municipal MRLSs …

abstract The need to implement innovative sustainable production processes is a topic of
important social relevance in this current century. Environmental tragedies on different …

The reverse flows of medicines, although well documented in academic literature, are
mainly framed as reverse logistics, aiming at optimizing supply chain operations and at …

Medication waste is a concern for today's society, from both environmental and public health
perspectives. This study aims to contribute to the issue by presenting a mixed-methods …

Medication waste is a concern for today's society, from both environmental and public health
perspectives. This study aims to contribute to the issue by presenting a mixed-methods …

Initiatives related to reverse logistics are increasingly common in companies that produce
tires, lubricating oils, batteries, and electronic equipment, among others. In the …

Background: The reverse logistics of medicines consists of the logistical procedure of
collection, transport, storage, treatment and final disposal of post-consumer or expired …

Environmental contamination due to the disposal of expired or obsolete drugs is a concern,
since there is no specific Brazilian legislation, regarding disposal by the final consumer, thus …

End-of-use and end-of-life medicines waste management has been a challenge for public
and private managers in different countries. Reverse logistics is a waste management …

There is an increasing interest in product recovery, closed-loop supply chains, and reverse
logistics (RL) for mitigating environmental impairment. Although RL is becoming a …