Through the Prolata Project, 3,835.14 tons of post-consumer steel packaging were recycled from July to September 2020
Between July and September 2020, the Prolata Project recycled 3,835.14 tons of steel packaging, totaling a growth of 79% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to a survey by the Prolata association. From January to September 2020, the initiative added more than 12,000 tons of recycled post-consumer steel cans, an increase of 102% compared to the same period in 2019.
According to data compiled by Prolata, the States that recycled the most in the third quarter of 2020 were Rio Grande do Sul (1,602.90 tons), Paraná (1,301.53 tons) and São Paulo (581.61 tons). In the compilation from January to September 2020, Rio Grande do Sul remains in first place, with 4,623.92 tons; but São Paulo takes the vice-leadership, adding 3,002.27 tons; Paraná is in third, with 2,687.29 tons.
Created in 2012 by the Brazilian Association of Steel Packaging (Abeaço), Prolata aims to allow post-consumer steel cans to be correctly disposed of by consumers and revalued in steel mills, transforming them into new cans or other items that use steel as a raw material. Throughout Brazil, Prolata has partnerships with 47 cooperatives, 18 warehouses and two steel mills, in addition to 46 Voluntary Delivery Points (PEVs).
“Our goal is to reach 55 cooperatives and 25 partner warehouses by the end of 2020. All material revalued by Prolata is tracked via outgoing invoices from partners and entry into partner steelworks, ensuring the environmentally appropriate destination of post-consumer steel packaging” , explains Thais Fagury, president of Abeaço and director of Prolata.
So far, Prolata has four terms of cooperation signed: with the Ministry of the Environment (MMA), with the GAEMA of Baixada Santista, with the Public Ministry of Mato Grosso do Sul and with the Secretary of the Environment of Paraná. Prolata was the first management entity for reverse packaging logistics recognized by the MMA. “Our goal is to create conditions for the steel can recycling chain to be easily accessible and reach most of the population, involving can manufacturers, product manufacturers, cooperatives, end consumers and the steel industry”, concludes Thais.
Source: Has Sustainable - 10/22/2020
