This article has a brief introduction about reverse logistics usage in waste management. Then Authors proposed own elaborated descriptive model of reverse logistics processes in enterprises managing industrial waste. There was a research made in Poland in Silesia region on six different enterprises managing industrial waste, so model is based on reverse logistics literature studies and practical activities of waste management in enterprises managing industrial waste. The paper presents very clear the role of reverse logistics processes in enterprises managing industrial waste. It shows very interesting connection between logistics and waste, what is an interesting element of sustainable development conception for achieving ecological goals.