A importância do Sistema Campo Limpo do INPEV na logística reversa das embalagens de agrotóxicos no Brasil

Abstract

The strong pressure to increase the food production has led to the use of pesticides in Brazilian crops and the generation of empty packaging of these products that are harmful to the environment. In order to intervene in the process of discarding these packages, the government created in the 80's laws for the implementation of a reverse logistics system to dispose of pesticide packaging. The evolution of the legislation related to pesticides contributed to the high percentage of recycling of empty packaging of pesticides in use today, through the creation of the Clean Field System (Sistema Campo Limpo) by INPEV whose success transformed the agricultural sector into reference for the implementation of the National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos). The current is exploratory and aims to summarize aspects of INPEV's experience throughout the country, with the objective of discussing the importance of private and governmental institutions and the civil society working together, as well as the impact that this brings in to the Life Cycle of the products. Operationally, shared responsibility represents an innovation, given that the responsibility of government agencies burdens and duties, which previously were only and a few business sectors, began to be distributed among all participants in the production chain. In addition, it is pointed out that through shared responsibility, the reverse logistics system becomes economically feasible. However, despite the high numbers of recycled packages, there are still major challenges to overcome, mannerly as raising the awareness of rural producers about the importance of triple-washing and the return of packaging to collection points; the high economic costs of reverse logistics; the entire production chain, especially in regions where there is no structured production chain and the need to generate new demands for recycled products