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This article is a synthesis of knowledge about reverse logistics, which has become, with the growing trend of our consumerist society, an important source of raw materials and has led to an urgent need to protect the environment. The content is focused on reverse logistics, its issues, options, and other aspects regarding the utilization of management processes. This is a summary of the theoretical knowledge in the field of product returns and how these products can be further used, both directly and indirectly in production, such as for research and development and marketing utilization, for instance, in communication with a customer. The article applies benchmarking, analyses existing research and uses deduction to find general options to improve reverse logistics and its non-legislative support in order to continue the increase in the number of companies that support reverse logistics. Using practical research focused on electronic and electrical waste, the article compares the economic evaluation of various methods and technologies of waste disposal in response to valid Czech and EU legislation. It describes the economic aspect of reverse logistics in areas such as: dismantling, mechanical, pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy and electrochemical for mobile phones and computers in restricted primary sources.

Keywords: reverse logistics, recycling, waste, waste management legislation

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