Innovation
The focus on innovation increases efficiency, reduces costs and contributes towards the sustainability of the Campo Limpo System.
Innovation and technological development contribute to increase efficiency, reduce costs and grant more sustainability to the Campo Limpo System. During 2021, important deliveries in innovation were achieved, as was the case with the traceability project. At the end of the year, traceability was already available at 27 receiving stations:
- At the weighing station, the bales containing the compacted packaging receive a datamatrix code, which stores different information, such as total weight, material type and origin.
- A specific device reads the code and transmits the data automatically to the Central Offices Information System (SIC).
- Besides speeding up the process at the receiving stations and reducing errors, the code makes is possible to track that bale up to its final destination.
IMPROVED MODEL
Another example of process innovation developed by inpEV is the improved model to transport remainders (empty crop protection packaging), which substitutes the invoices (not required by law) by the Removal and Transportation Request (SST).
This model, which simplifies and eliminates bureaucracy when transporting remainders, had already been adopted by the 52 receiving stations managed by inpEV and 26 associated stations by the end of 2021.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
By employing the GS1 identification standard, the traceability project won the 2021 Automation Award, granted by GS1 Brazil, in the sustainability category.
GREEN PATENT
In April 2021, the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI) granted a green patent for the recycling process that produces the Ecoplástica® packaging, produced by the Campo Limpo Plastic Transformation and Recycling S.A
This patent includes the processing of empty packaging at the receiving stations, its eco-friendly disposal (transportation to the recycler) and the manufacturing of the packaging using post-consumption resin.
65%
increase in productivity with the new press at the Araraquara unit.
New press
Another innovation delivery of 2021 was the new press, designed specifically for the Campo Limpo System operations. The model was designed with an external partner and tested at the Araraquara (SP) receiving station. Offering more automation, the equipment allows to speed up the pressing cycle and also increases operator safety.
The gain in speed allows the same press to simultaneously service more than one packaging feed cell, thus requiring a smaller number of presses per receiving station. At the Araraquara unit, the total number of available presses dropped from five to four and productivity increased 65%.
The expectation is that, starting in 2022, the new press will arrive at other stations comprising the System.
