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RECYCLING RATES IN BRAZIL

CEMPRE gathers and makes available recycling rates for recyclable materials in Brazil, being a reference for public policies and for society in general.

PLASTIC

24%

of all plastic produced in Brazil in 2019 was recycled.

 The volume of post-consumer plastic resin produced in the country in 2019 was approximately 838.5 thousand tons.

Source: Abiplast Report ‘Perfil 2020: A indústria da transformação e reciclagem do plástico no Brasil’ (The plastic transformation and recycling industry in Brazil’ 

www.picplast.com.br

STEEL CANS

 

46,7%

of steel cans consumed in Brazil were recycled in 2019.

About 200 thousand tons of post-consumer steel cans are returned to the recycling process and more than 9 million tons of post-consumer steel are transformed into new steel.

Source:
http://www.abeaco.com.br/
https://www.prolata.com.br/

ALUMINUM

 

97,4%

of aluminum cans were recycled in 2020.

In 2019, practically all cans that were placed on the market returned to the production cycle: around 31 billion cans.

Of the 375.5 thousand tons of cans sold in the period, 366.8 thousand tons were recycled.

Brazil is the country that contributes the most to aluminum recycling.

Source:
http://abal.org.br/
http://www.abralatas.org.br/

CARTON PACKAGES

 

42,7%

was the percentage of carton packages recycled in Brazil in 2020.

Carton is a renewable material made from wood.​

The packages are fully recyclable and contain up to 80% of materials from renewable sources.

Source:
https://www.tetrapak.com/br/sustainability

PAPER

 

66,9%

was the recycling rate for paper in general, in 2019.

Brazil is among the main paper recycling countries in the world.

In 2018, 5.1 million tons returned to the production process.

The overall recycling rate for paper is 66.9% (2019). If we only consider packaging paper, this index is around 85%.

Source:
https://anap.org.br/
https://www.abpo.org.br/
https://www.abtcp.org.br
https://www.iba.org

GLASS

 

47%

Between 1994 and 2011, the glass recycling rate rose from 33% to 47%, for “glass industrial activity” in general, that is, flat, packaging, special-technical and domestic glass.

There is no information regarding present recycling rates of glass

Source:
https://abividro.org.br/
https://www.abrabe.org.br/glass-is-good/

 

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About
CEMPRE

In 1992, the integrated and adequate management of urban solid waste was a prominent topic on the agenda of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – Rio 92, which aimed at reconciling economic development and environmental conservation.
In that atmosphere of dialogue and engagement, a group of Brazilian companies founded the Entrepreneurial Commitment to Recycling – CEMPRE. CEMPRE took the lead in issues related to waste management in Brazil, starting to coordinate joint actions for the continuous construction of the Brazilian recycling model, consistent with the country’s reality from the social, political, and technical-economic point of view.
CEMPRE works to promote recycling, circular economy, reverse logistics and the concept of shared responsibility in solid waste management provided for in the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS), working with the private sector, the public sector and the civil society. Over its three decades of existence, CEMPRE has developed several publications to support environmental education for recycling, manuals for waste picker cooperatives and public agents, and the traditional Ciclosoft Survey, which represents the largest database on selective collection in the country.