LOGÍSTICAINVERSAUSANDOSIMULACIONENLA RECOLECCIÓNDEENVASESDEPLAGUICIDAS:ESTADO DEL ARTE REVERSELOGISTICSUSINGSIMULATIONINTHECOLLECTIONOF PESTICIDECONTAINERS:REVIEW

This article has as an objective to present a vision about the research made in the different aspects and applications of the inverse logistics (LI) and the tools and new fields in which the LI knowledge may be applied. The review was conducted under three areas of study: Reverse Logistics (RL) in companies, RL and Process Simulation, Collection, Treatment and Disposal of Pesticide Containers, the latter seeing it from a concept of recovery or recycling products out of use. The review is done through content analysis of published literature. Use was made of multiple databases to search for research articles related to the topics under study, which were classified according to the subject. In the literature review, it can be demonstrated that 50% of the consulted bibliography corresponds to the LI applied or developed in companies, through studies either