inpEV, a non-profit entity headquartered in São Paulo (SP), was created by the industry of crop protection products to coordinate the reverse logistics of empty post-consumption packages of its products, in compliance with the requirements of Federal Law Nr. 9.974/2000 and Federal Decree Nr. 4.074/2002, which legislate on the shared responsibility for the disposal of this type of waste among farmers, distribution channels and the industry, with the support and direct supervision of the public power. <2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 & 2.8>

In order to manage the Campo Limpo System (SCL) in Brazil, the institute had, by the end of 2013, 410 receiving units (298 collection points and 112 central offices), distributed throughout 25 states and the Federal District (DF), under the administration of 267 associations of distributors and cooperatives, most of which under a co-administration regime with inpEV.