An ally of the Brazilian agribusiness sustainability and environmental preservation, the Campo Limpo System (SCL) is the program managed by inpEV to carry out the reverse logistics of empty crop protection packages in Brazil.

All crop protection value chain links comprise the SCL, starting with manufacturers, including distributors or resellers up to producers who use such products in the field. Every one of these holds co-responsibilities in the system in order to dispose of the packaging in an environmentally proper fashion after use. inpEV, an institution that represents the manufacturing industry and/or license holders, articulates all these chain links in order to dispose of packagings in an environmentally proper way. The public power is responsible for regulating and supervising the process.

Being a global reference on this matter, the System is responsible for receiving and disposing of 94% of the primary crop protection packaging (that having direct contact with the product) and 80% of the entire commercialized packaging volume (plastic, cardboard and metal). These rates place Brazil as a global leader in this business, followed by Germany, with 76% and Canada, with 73%, according to a sector study by BNDES ¹.

In order to achieve these results, the engagement and education of all links is fundamental and they are constantly improved by inpEV; as with a gear, the commitment of all directly involved agents of the sector is essential.

1 SILVA, Martim F. de O. e COSTA, Letícia M., A indústria de defensivos agrícolas, “Estudo Setorial de Química”. In: BNDES Setorial Química, 2012, p. 233-276.