2021 was a year full of challenges and new developments.
We remained motivated to do more and better and continued
working to increase recycling rates for waste electrical equipment,
batteries and packaging and thus contribute to a more circular future.
It was a year dedicated to innovative projects that met the challenges
identified by the market and citizens.
Packaging
Electrão has been gaining prominence in the management of used packaging, an activity we have been carrying out since 2018. In addition to being part of the national collection and recycling system, we have contributed by raising awareness for a more conscious consumption of these products and for citizens to make each package circular at the end of its life.
This is the best known and the most present waste stream in the daily life of every citizen, but, especially plastic, ends up causing major environmental problems. Our work has been increasingly focused on raising awareness of the need to change packaging consumption patterns and the need to dispose of this waste in the right places. To this end, we promote communication, collection and recovery projects for used packaging such as TransforMAR or “Mafra Reciclar a Valer +”.
Take-back
In 2021
we took back
54 468
tonnes
of used packaging
Each Portuguese delivered, on average:
5 kg
per capita
The packages taken back are
equivalent to approximately
21 320
tonnes of
paperboard
packaging
13 131
tonnes of
glass
packaging
16 427
tonnes
of plastic
packaging
543
tonnes
of ECAL
packaging
3 040
tonnes of
metal packaging
(aluminium and steel)
Packaging waste was sent for treatment and recycling, resulting in
64%
Global packaging
take-back
Treatment
and Recycling
After being separated by material category, the packages are taken back and sent to reclaimers and/or recyclers. The packaging recycling processes make it possible to recover materials that will be used as raw materials.
The collection and treatment of this waste made it possible to avoid the emission of
Equivalent to 73 027 tonnes of CO2 *
* The allocation of the quantity of waste and the carbon equivalent were estimated by direct application of the quantities collected
This action corresponds
to the planting of
3.651.350
trees
Relationship with member companies
The dedication we place in the management of the Packaging Waste Management System is part of the commitment we have assumed with our Packers, who continue to trust Electrão to treat the packaging they place on the market. 2021 therefore continued to be a year of strengthening the relationship with our member companies.
361
Member companies
Have transfered to Electrão the responsibility for the management of the packaging they place on the market
In 2021
these producers placed
on the market
89 780
tonnes of packaging
9 kg
per capita
Audits and technical
verifications carried out
Compliance with all environmental regulations is very important for Electrão, which has accompanied the work of partners – municipal systems and retakers.
569
Audits and technical
checks performed
to packers, reclaimers/recyclers,
urban waste management systems
and member companies
Packaging collection
and recycling
system operation
Electrão’s Packaging Management System is based on the principle of extended producer responsibility and on the transfer of EPR fee to support the costs of treating the waste generated from the packages that each one of them places on the market. Find out how our system works and the costs associated with each of its management items.
Packaging management
in 2020 and 2021
