Final Disposal

inpEV, which represents manufacturers of pesticides, in charge of the final disposal of containers, keeps partnerships with nine recycling organizations (Cimflex, Coletti, Dinoplast, Ecopaper, Pasa, Plastibrás, Recicap, Recipak and Campo Limpo Reciclagem e Transformação), in Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, as well as five other companies that incinerate empty containers that cannot be rinsed or that were incorrectly rinsed (Basf, Cetrel, Clariant, Essencis and Haztec). In both cases, these partner companies rigorously observe the safety and environmental standards established by law.

In 2008, the system created its own recycling organization, Campo Limpo Reciclagem e Transformação de Plásticos S.A., located in the Industrial District of Piracangaguá, in Taubaté (SP). Today, with 30 manufacturers of pesticides as its shareholders, the company is the final phase of the cycle of post-consumer pesticide container management and contributes to financial self-sufficiency of the system, for the proper disposal of this material. With ISO 9001 certification for recycling and transformation of plastic products into post-consumer resins, as well as design, development and production of new containers, the company creates new industrial solutions, promoting the generation of jobs and revenues.

Ecoplástica Triex® 20 L, the first container developed from post-consumer pesticide container recycling, is a proof of that. Produced with recycled resin, each group of 100 Ecoplástica Triex® 20 L containers, according to an ecoefficiency study conducted by Fundação Espaço Eco (FEE), contributes to the prevention of 360 kilos of greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere. A practical comparison: it saves two trees from being cut.

Products manufactured by Campo Limpo

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Post-Consumer Resin (PCR)

Post-consumer resin of high density polyethylene (HDPE), with high level of quality and homogeneity, is a result of the reverse logistics system for empty containers of pesticides.

Ecoplástica Triex® 5 & 20 L

With three layers, manufactured through co-extrusion process (internal and external layers of virgin resin and intermediate layer of post-consumer resin), Ecoplástica Triex® is an important innovation in the segment of plastic products. The 20-liter container is the first to be manufactured with recycled raw material that obtained UN certification (group II, 1.4 g/cm³ density) for land transportation of hazardous products, and it was approved for maritime transportation by the Brazilian Navy, a complement of the certification for land transportation.

Green Seal

In 2012, Ecoplástica Triex® 20 L received the Green Seal, a certification of the ABNT - Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Brazilian Association of Technical Standards), which identifies eco-friendly products and services by placing a label on the product.

This Green Seal initiative is a voluntary method of certification and environmental performance labeling that informs consumers what products cause less impact on the environment.

This certification was based on the assessment of Ecoplástica Triex® 20 L lifecycle in its production process, hazardous substance utilization, inspection of end product, transportation packaging, final disposal, distribution, compliance with legal standards and laboratory tests.

Campo Limpo was the first company from the segment of plastic products to receive the Green Seal granted by ABNT.