In 2015, 45,500 tons of empty packages were disposed of in an environmentally proper fashion by SCL. This volume represents 94% of primary packages (that have direct contact with products) commercialized during the preceding year and exceeds by 6.8% the total received in 2014. For the following year, our goal is to reach 46,500 tons.

Around 90% of the received packages were sent to recycling and the remainder to incineration where this option is only adopted for flexible materials or packages containing products immiscible in water or also those not properly washed by producers while preparing the product solution applied to the crops. |GRI G4-EN23, G4-EN28|

Most of the material that returns to the System becomes raw material for partnering recycling companies, which produce sewage piping, lubricant packaging, power transmission pole crossheads, conduits and electric trays, among other products.

In 2008, Campo Limpo Reciclagem e Transformação de Plásticos S.A. (Campo Limpo Plastic Transformation and Recycling Inc.), a recycler produing new agrichemical packaging from packages received at the SCL receiving units, was created.

*Variations in the amount disposed of between one year and another in any given state are the result of specific factors, among which: variation in crop protection consumption due to climate changes, shipping availability, optimizations in logistics and expansion in agricultural frontiers.

Disposed of packages (t) |GRI G4-EN23|