plastic recycling
Packaging is the major source of recycling, 39% of the recyclers heard have 90% or more of the total recycled in their packaging.
Brazil has a mature, diversified plastics recycling industry willing to invest more in 2018, aiming at the growth of the sector. This is what the most recent mapping of plastic recyclers in Brazil shows, carried out by the Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA), for the year 2016. The initiative is from the Plastic Chain Incentive Plan (PICPlast), a partnership of the Brazilian Association of the Plastics Industry (ABIPLAST), and Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas.
Of the analyzed universe, with about 110 recyclers, 37% consider that the period was stable or better in relation to the previous study and 43% plan to invest in the coming years. “Brazil has one of the most sophisticated markets in the world for plastic recycling. In few places we find the diversity of application that we have here”, says FIA professor Leandro Fraga, responsible for the research. According to the scholar, Brazil leads the way in terms of offering products made from recycled plastic, being able to produce from simple items, such as packaging lids, to parts for the automotive industry, considered more complex.
Intention of investments by transformers
The maturity of the sector can be represented by the length of time the companies have been operating. According to the mapping, 94% of transformers have been in existence for more than six years, and 79% have been in operation for more than a decade. Regarding the size of the players, the study reveals a well-balanced market, with 49% of large and medium-sized companies and 51% of micro and small companies.
Size of the companies interviewed
The recognition of the value of plastic as a raw material by companies is also growing, according to the survey. “Recycled plastic is another way to make plastic. In addition, consumers already recognize recycled as an attribute and not a cheap resin”, says Fraga. Packaging is the major source of recycling, 39% of the recyclers heard have 90% or more of the total recycled in their packaging.
The domestic market is the one that most supplies recyclable material for transformers. The mapping shows that only 5% of respondents import raw material, which represents only 2% of the total recycled volume.
recycling champion
The recycling champion is polyethylene, resin recycled by 27% of study participants. Polypropylene (23%), PET (16%) and PS (15%) also have great representation.
For Leandro Fraga, the bottleneck of this industry is the difficulty for transformers to have access to the plastic to be recycled. According to data from the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), only 13% of urban solid waste in Brazil is destined for recyclers. “We need to keep in mind that the importance of recycling is already a reality. Finding solutions to this bottleneck is an issue that needs to be resolved in the short term”.
About PICPlast
The Plastic Chain Incentive Plan (PICPlast) is an initiative created in 2013 by Braskem, the largest producer of thermoplastic resins in the Americas, and ABIPLAST, the Brazilian Association of the Plastics Industry, provides for the development of structural programs that contribute to competitiveness and the growth of plastic transformation. Based on three pillars: increasing competitiveness and innovation in the manufacturing sector, encouraging exports of processed plastics and promoting the advantages of plastic, PICPlast also has investments aimed at reinforcing professional qualification and business management.
In the pillar of advantages of plastic, the work fronts are focused on recycling, technical studies, education and communication, with emphasis on the Movimento Plástico Transforma. To learn more, visit http://www.picplast.com.br and plasticotransforma.com.br.
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