Inpev 2021

Introduction

This is a summarized version of the 19^th Sustainability Report of inpEV, the managing entity of the Campo Limpo System, the Brazilian reverse logistics system for crop protection products.

Message from the CEO

“Along these 20 years, we have built a reverse logistics program that ensures the environmentally correct disposal of empty crop protection packaging, acknowledged worldwide, and that has become a reference for other sectors. With the engagement of all links of the chain, the Campo Limpo System will continue to evolve, supporting Brazilian agriculture more and more and generating positive impact for society and the planet.”

João César M. Rando
inpEV CEO

In the future for over 20 years

In order to maintain the legacy of two decades of activity of inpEV and the Campo Limpo System and make this knowledge accumulated during this period accessible to students, professionals and other stakeholders of society, the Campo Limpo System Museum was inaugurated, on December 17, 2021, in Guariba (SP), the city where our pilot project that gave rise to the System started.

Campo Limpo System

Counting with 99 central stations and 312 outposts, besides itinerant collection stations, the Campo Limpo System ensures the correct disposal of 94% of all crop protection packaging placed in the Brazilian market.

Disposed volume

In 2021, the Campo Limpo System disposed of 53,573 tons of empty packaging. Besides surpassing the initially projected target for the period, this volume was 7% greater than that of 2020. With this result, the System reached the milestone of 650,000 tons of packaging correctly disposed of along its 20 years of existence.

inpEV

The managing entity of the Campo Limpo System, the National Institute for Processing Empty Packages (inpEV) has as its mission to promote the engagement of all links of the chain, pursue the efficiency and sustainability of the System and act in promoting social-environmental education. In December of 2021, 52 central stations were under direct inpEV management, which ensured process standardization and cost reduction, among other gains.

Eco-efficiency

From 2002 to 2021, the Campo Limpo System activities have avoided the emission of 899,000 tons of CO₂e to the atmosphere. inpEV is also committed to eco-efficient operations. The new Guariba (SP) central station, for example, is building a photo-voltaic facility, which energy will supply this plant and others nearby.

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Innovation

One of the innovation highlights is the traceability project, which allows the empty packaging bales to be monitored until their final destination and was available at 27 stations in the month of December. Another innovation of 2021 was the new press specifically designed for operations of the Campo Limpo System, which increases productivity by 65% at the central stations.

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Education and awareness

The Campo Limpo Environmental Educational Program (PEA) reached the mark of 2.1 million students impacted since its creation in 2009 - 195,300 students in 2021 alone. As part of the National Clean Field Day (DNCL), more than 230 tons of food were collected and donated to more than 13,000 families in a vulnerable situation.

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Economic feasibility

Achieve self-sufficiency of the Campo Limpo System is one of the strategic objectives of inpEV. In 2021, around 70% of the System operations were funded by its own activities. The Central Stations Integrated Managements Program, together with other optimization projects, allowed inpEV to exceed its reduction target of financial injections.

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