Since 2012 when it started its operations, SCL has already sent 280,637 tons of empty plastic crop protection packages to recycling or incineration, thanks to the engagement of the industry(represented by inpEV), distribution channels, farmers and the public power.

The responsibility shared among the program links explains SCL’s capacity to route 94% of primary packages to recycling (i.e., in direct contact with producers) and 80% of the total empty crop protection packages commercialized in the Brazilian market (plastic, cardboard and metal).

In 2013, 40,404 tons were sent to environmentally correct disposal, an 8.2% increase when compared to 2012, when the indicator reached 37,379 tons (see table on page 24). Of this total volume, 92% of the packages were sent to recycling and 8% to incineration - flexible materials or that conditioned products immiscible in water or that were not correctly washed by producers while preparing the product solution applied to the crops. <EN22 & EN27>

In 2013, 11,132 vehicles transported empty packages across the country processed by the Campo Limpo System. These vehicles were operated based on the return shipment concept.