Technologies for the healthy environment
Contaminated Plastic Packaging Recycling without using water and without waste generation
35 billion plastic bottles of lubricating oil are discarded every year. 1 billion plastic bottles of lubricating oil are discarded every year only in Brazil. And what is worse, the oil containing in 1 bottle is enough to contaminate 2 thousand liters of water. Of all this volume, only 9% is recycled, because our competitors decontaminate these packages using water, which creates two major problems: First, even using detergents,it is not possible to remove all the oil from plastic, generating a low quality recycled raw material, decreasing its value. Second, this water has to be treated, and during the process, each liter of oil turns into up to 8 pounds of hazardous waste, generating a high cost and environmental risk. With this in mind, we developed an innovative and efficient production system, composed of equipment and processes with a granted patent, which completely separates the oil from the ground plastic and the label, in an ecological way: without using any water, without generating waste, and with a cost of 30% less than the water process We buy the packaging from environmental companies that collect it from gas stations and workshops, carry out our process, recovering and seling the oil, eliminating the environmental risk. We also produce a recycled plastic raw material of excellent quality, that is sold to the packaging industry, which manufactures a new oil packaging with 10% cost reduction, creating a true circular economy. We have already processed 10 million oil packages, recovering and selling 500 tons of recycled plastic and 17 thousand liters of recovered oil, generating a social and environmental benefits, such as 17 billion liters of water preserved in the environment and 800 tons less of gases effects. That made this solution recognized through 35 relevant national and international awards, participated in international events and became a B Best Company in the World 2022 for the socio-environmental value generated and a prominent member of the United Nations Global Compact.