Program for Receiving Empty Pesticide Packages covers a route in Santa Catarina

The Interstate Tobacco Industry Union (SindiTabaco), in partnership with the Brazilian Tobacco Growers Association (Afubra), begins next week the route of the Program for Receiving Empty Pesticide Packaging in 41 municipalities in the Alto Vale de Santa Catarina. Collection will follow the schedule established and communicated to participating tobacco producers and will take place between September 26th and October 31st, 2023.

The program will pass through 181 collection points in rural locations in Agrolândia, Agronômica, Alfredo Wagner, Angelina, Apiúna, Atalanta, Aurora, Bocaina do Sul, Bom Retiro, Botuverá, Braço Trombudo, Chapadão do Lageado, Dona Emma, ​​Ibirama, Imbuia, Itaiópolis, Ituporanga, José Boiteux, Laurentino, Leoberto Leal, Lontras, Major Gercino, Nova Trento, Petrolância, Pouso Redondo, Presidente Getúlio, Presidente Nereu, Rio do Campo, Rio do Oeste, Rio do Sul, Rio Rufino, Salete, Taió, Santa Terezinha, São João Batista, Tijucas, Trombudo Central, Urubici, Vidal Ramos, Vitor Meireles and Witmarsun.

By correctly disposing of their packaging, producers receive receipts that are valid before environmental inspection bodies, complying with the provisions of decree 4.074/2002, which defines the return of pesticide packaging to the establishments where they were purchased. They must be triple washed, punctured, dried and with the lids removed for return along with the containers, to guarantee the possibility of recycling and transformation into other plastic inputs. Once collected, the containers go to accredited centers, are separated and sent to recycling units, where they are transformed into other plastic products, such as construction materials and new packaging for chemical products.