2025-03-132025-03-132024-01-31https://repositorio.ifal.edu.br/handle/123456789/895The rapid increase in the production of electronic equipment has resulted in an increase in the amount of electronic waste produced annually in the world. To face this problem, in 2010, Brazil developed the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), which included reverse logistics as an instrument to deal with the growing flow of this type of special waste and gave recycling cooperatives a social role in this chain. . In this context, recycling cooperatives began to play an important role in the process of collecting and treating Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). However, if handled and disposed of inappropriately, WEEE can pose environmental and occupational health risks to those who collect these materials. The objective of the research was to analyze the work safety practices adopted by WEEE recycling cooperatives. The methodological procedure was divided into three stages: (1) systematic literature review on occupational safety practices adopted in solid waste cooperatives; (2) multi-case study with 5 (five) WEEE cooperatives; (3) proposal for a manual of good occupational safety practices for WEEE cooperatives. As results, RSL uncovered 71 workplace safety practices, organized into three categories: 1) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), 2) equipment that assists in ergonomics and well-being at work, 3) workplace safety actions and programs work. In the field research, it was possible to identify that the five cooperatives surveyed employed occupational safety practices in their processes and it was observed that, although safety practices are a legitimate concern for cooperative members, they tend to be simplified, with a focus on adoption of PPE as the main measure. Despite this, it was possible to identify actions to analyze work processes, implement specific training and pay attention to the prior analysis of equipment to be dismantled, characterizing safety precautions from the beginning of the process and contributing to the creation of a safety culture. A technical manual with good safety practices for cooperative members was also prepared, directly benefiting workers in the recycling sector with a safer and healthier working environment.ptCooperativas de reciclagemResíduos sólidosResíduos eletroeletrônicosSegurança do trabalhoPráticas de segurança.Recycling cooperativesSolid wasteElectronic wasteWorkplace safetyWork safety practices.DissertaçãoENGENHARIAS