Brazil: Sao Paolo beverage producer signs first state-wide packaging take-back agreement

The Government of Sao Paolo has signed a packaging take-back agreement with soft drink producer Bebidas Poty Ltda. The Sao Paolo Department of Environment (SMA) said the take-back agreement (called Terms of Agreement for Post-Consumer Responsibility) is the first addressing beverage packaging, although 13 other similar agreements have been signed covering other product sectors.
Under the agreement, Bebidas Poty Ltda will have responsibility for collecting and recycling all glass, PET and polypropylene drink packaging distributed in Sao Paolo, Brazil's most populated state. Aluminum containers will be added to the scheme next year (State Recycling Laws Update, 14 April 2014).
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