Having the objective of minimizing costs and improving their image in the consumer and export market,
car battery industries began to seek environmental alternatives geared towards sustainable development.
Reverse logistics flow represents an unprecedented tool for the economic and operational
development of company activities, as well as a differential in the search for competitive advantages
through environmentally correct practices. The aim of this paper is to describe the reverse logistics chain
adopted by automotive battery industries in the midwest of the state of São Paulo, proposing a reverse
logistics framework for small manufacturers that creates actions aimed at not harming the environment