At present, marked by new needs and challenges, the pursuit of innovation by organizations set up as an opportunity and a differential to maintain and grow the market. The initial groups of Project Hope / Cooesperança, with the collaboration of the Course Administration of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), fueled the debate on entrepreneurship in academia. After more than twenty years of activity, can now be highlighted innovations that have occurred in these projects. In this sense, the study aims to verify the key innovations implemented in the projects of Solidarity Economy Project Esperança/Cooesperança Santa Maria - RS. The survey classified themselves as quantitative and qualitative, exploratory and descriptive type and a field study. The data collection was conducted through structured interviews with coordinators in fifty enterprises that excel at performance within the project. As the most significant results was observed innovations in products, markets, customer service, and expertise in technology. It was concluded that most groups not yet reached its full autonomy outside the Project Esperança/Cooesperança. However, enterprises are seeking innovative in their designs to complement the other activities they carry out.
RESUMO:A logística reversa é uma ferramenta que auxilia as empresas na tomada de decisões, e atualmente há um cuidado e preocupação com a sustentabilidade a fim de amenizar os impactos que o descarte inadequado dos produtos causam no meio ambiente. Diante disso, o objetivo geral do presente estudo compreende analisar os motivos que levam os associados da Cooperativa Agrícola Mista a devolverem as embalagens de defensivos agrícolas para descarte apropriado. Por conseguinte, aplicou-se um instrumento de pesquisa composto de vinte e seis perguntas fechadas, aos cinquenta e quatro produtores associados da Cooperativa no período entre dezembro de 2012 e janeiro de 2013. Concluiu-se que os motivos que levam os associados a entregarem as embalagens de defensivos agrícolas após o uso em suas lavouras compreendem primeiramente a preocupação com o meio ambiente; seguido da preocupação com o acúmulo de embalagens vazias, gerando lixo; e, por fim, tem-se a questão das embalagens vazias em locais impróprios podendo gerar doenças, as possíveis intoxicações de animais, da natureza e do próprio ser humano. O acúmulo indevido de embalagens vazias nas propriedades dos agricultores contribui de maneira significativa para o impacto ambiental, ocasionando doenças e trazendo sérios riscos à preservação do meio ambiente.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Consciência Ambiental; Embalagens; Logística Reversa
REVERSE LOGISTICS OF PACKAGES OF PESTICIDES IN AN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVEABSTRACT: Reverse logistics is a tool for decision-taking in firms. There is currently great concern for sustainability to diminish impacts from the inadequate disposal
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