The accelerated technological development produces an early obsolescence of the products. With the increase the number of products with its useful life progressively smaller, the number of generated residues grows bringing to the exhaustion the capacity of the tradicional systems of disposition of residues. Given this scenario, alternatives are studied for the final destination of the goods, in order to minimize the resulting environmental impact. In addition, the legislations concerned with environmental subjects, the growing ecological sensibility with the sustainable development and the new beginnings of environmental protection (like EPR - Extended Product Responsability) are requiring reduced environment impacts. In this context, Reverse Logistics is developing processes to direct the goods back to production, whenever possible, or to final destination. This work intends to present in general lines the reverse logistics related to recycling plastics residues. This work has diagnosed the reverse distribution channel in the recycling of plastic residues of Polystyrene and Polyethylene Terephthalate. Eight companies located in the State of Rio de Janeiro which operate in this channel have been chosen for interviewing. In addition, two other companies have been included in the research, one located in the State of São Paulo, and recycling PET, was evaluated through the Internet, and another operating with a new type of automatic collection was evaluated through published reports.