Contaminated plastic packaging recycling

ECO PANPLAS is an innovative startup industry of contaminated plastic packaging recycling, that performs this process without using water, without producing waste and with a high C02 emissions reduction, achieving great socioenvironmental benefits and through its own technological solution, 100% Brazilian, disruptive and pioneering worldwide, solving today's major environmental problems: climate change, plastic pollution and preservation of resources, especially water resources.

Plastics and oil discarded in the open air can also pollute aquifers, bodies of water, and reservoirs, resulting in an increase in respiratory problems, heart disease, and damage to the nervous systems of people exposed to them. It affects the quality of the air, soil, and water sources. When burned or incinerated, plastic can release into the atmosphere toxic gases such as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide, both extremely harmful to human health (WWF 2019). In Brazil alone, 54,000 tons of plastic motor oil packaging are discarded every year. Those containers still hold some residual oil— 2.0 million liters Just one liter of leftover oil can pollute 1 million liters of water.

Our solution prevents contamination of billions of liters of water. 1 billion plastic bottles of lubricating oil are discarded every year only in Brazil. What is worse, even after draining, those packages contain 2 million liters of residual oil that go into the environment. More than that, of all this volume, only 9% is recycled, and our competitors decontaminate these packages using water. This water has to be treated, and during the process, each liter of oil turns into up to 8 kg of hazardous waste

We have developed an innovative production system, composed of equipment and processes patented, that performs the decontamination and recycling of lubricant packaging in na ecological way: without the use of water, without waste generation, and 30% less cost than the process used by our competitors today. More than that, all residual oil is recovered and sold for the production of new oil, eliminating the environmental risk. The result is a recycled raw material of excellent quality, that we sale for the production of new oil bottle, 100% made of our recycled plastic and with 10% cost reduction, thus creating a true circular economy. In the last 3 years, we have done a pilot operation with scale, processing 10 million bottles, recovering and selling more than 500 tons of recycled plastic, including Braskem, and 17 thousand liters of recovered oil, including lwart group, generating socio-environmental impact results: 17 billion liters of water preserved from the environment, 530 tons of contaminated plastic out of landfills, 800 tons less greenhouse gas emission, 1.600 waste pickers needed to collect this material, 75% energy-saving and avoided- with the use of 150,000 liters of water in production. We are able to expand with units in containers.

Population is tired of plastic packaging and oil contamination of rivers and soils, affecting the quality of air, water supply systems and human health. Plastics and oil discarded in the open air can also pollute aquifers, bodies of water, and reservoirs, resulting in an increase in respiratory problems, heart disease, and damage to the nervous systems of people exposed to them. It affects the quality of the air, soil, and water sources. When burned or incinerated, plastic can release into the atmosphere toxic gases such as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide, both extremely harmful to human health (WWF 2019). 

Every 200 tons of plastic recycled by Eco Panplas: 7,5 billion liters of water preserved from the environment, 215 tons of contaminated plastic out of landfills, 306 tons less greenhouse gas emission, 632 waste pickers needed to collect this material, 75% energy-saving. The public knowledge is now even more emerging from the global need to combat plastic waste. Our solution is a new worldwide concept in the area of plastic recycling: without using water and without producing waste, solving today's major environmental problems: climate change, plastic pollution and preservation of resources, especially water resources.

Our unique value proposition of your solution and how it is disruptive or transformative is Because it generates environmental, economic and social value in the plastic recycling chain. It does not use water, it does not generate waste, it does not generate contaminated efluente (today 80% of the effluents are discharged into the environment without any type of treatment), it recovers all the contaminating oil that turns into byproduct, efficient recycling that allows the plastic valorization the plastic that returns to be packaging and because of this valuation, we can pay a higher value to the waste pickers. 

Population is tired of plastic packaging and oil contamination of rivers and soils, affecting the quality of air, water supply systems and human health. Opportunity to take the solution to other regions of the world.The higher the volume processed, the greater the social and environmental benefits generated. Our dream and mission of life from the beginning is to leave this legacy, giving it to society through this new concept and way of recycling and circular economy, preserving the planet and people's lives.

We have already processed 10 million packages at our high-scale pilot plant, recovering and selling 500 tons of recycled plastic and 17 thousand liters of recovered oil, generating a social impact and environmental results, such as 17 billion liters of water preserved in the environment and 800 tons less of gases effects. 

Our goal for 2021 is the consolidation of the pilot plant reaching its maximum capacity of 100 tons / month, with annual sales of 1 million dollar, EBITDA of 20% and breakeven of 19 tones.    For this we have 22 waste managers that guarantee the supply of the plant with a safety margin of 3x the factory capacity, and 2 customers who buy the entire volume

Between 2022 and 2025 our expansion plan starts with a larger plant in São Paulo and enters the other states as shown in the map, reaching 6 productive plants 

Because it generates environmental, economic and social value in the plastic recycling chain. It does not use water, it does not generate waste, it does not generate contaminated effluent (today 80% of the effluents are discharged into the environment without any type of treatment), it recovers all the contaminating oil that turns into byproduct, efficient recycling that allows the plastic valorization the plastic that returns to be packaging and because of this valuation, we can pay a higher value to the waste pickers.

Own Innovative Technology; no use of water in the decontamination, no wastes or effluents generated, ground plastic fully clean (higher quality), contaminant recovery that becomes a byproduct (zero environmental risk), Hazardous Waste transformed into Non-Hazardous Waste (report NBR 10.004), Rating, recovery and traceability of all inputs (plastic, oil, label), the plastic becomes packaging again, and benefits with Social-Environmental impact are generated.

It's a green patent. We obtained in 3 years, because it was framed as a green patent for being a clean technology and had its analysis priority.

With our pilot plant, we currently reach 3 million people benefited, which is the number of habitants of the metropolitan region of Campinas because we recycle the lubricating oil packaging of this region (pilot production plant location).

One year from now, with the conditions we have with our pilot plant, we intend to benefit 44 million people by recycling oil packaging from the state of Sao Paulo.

In 5 years, we aim to at least benefit 100 million people by recycling 45% of the lubricant oil plastic packaging concentrated in the most populous states of Brazil and other countries, further increasing the number of people benefited.

Volume of water preserved , tons of CO2 reduction, tons of oil and plastic recovered, energy savings.

Started With the objective of initially solving problems in the lubricating oil packaging recycling chain and being a new global concept in the area of plastic recycling: without using water and without producing waste, and generating economic and financial value with a recycled plastic raw material with excelent quality .In adition to that, our proposal is a pollution-free recycling due to the water crisis and the environmental issue itself, creating a true circular economy.

 The business is already validated, recognized and highly visible in the national market and  beggining in the international Market also as a global solution. We have already an installed production plant in São Paulo Brazil, operating for 3 years, with which we have generated socio-environmental benefits and because of this, won 28 environmental awards from IDB, MIT, World Intellectual Property Organization, UN and others.

We participated in international events, national and international open innovation programs with large companies, and became a B Company Best in the World 2019 for the socio-environmental value generated and a prominent member of the United Nations Global Compact in 2019. In those 6 years we have consolidated all stages: 3 years of technology development, 3 years of business development. 

Full-time employees 4

Part-time staff 2

Full-time employees

1. Felipe, Founder and CEO responsible for management and logistics, second company in the Plastic Recycling area.

2. Gustavo, administrator, responsible for the commercial area, has had a plastics industry for 30 years.

3. Valdeci, Production Assistant

4. Pedro, Production Assistant

Part-time staff

5. Fabian, chemical engineer responsible for processes, has been a manufacturer of equipment for environmental solutions and water treatment plants for 15 years.

6. Evandro, mechanical engineer, responsible for equipment, has been a manufacturer of recycling equipment for over 30 years. 
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We could not have a better team, multidisciplinary, experienced and with much affinity and empathy between us. The corporate proposal demonstrates the coherence of the
team's profile with the values of its members, which from the beginning and naturally was demonstrated and built by the attitudes of transparency, honesty, respect, consolidating a relationship of solidarity and cooperation that made us resiliently overcome all the challenges and obstacles, from the development of an innovative technology that started with 03
processes and ended with 09.

Reach others countries. International visibility and contact with potential investing partners and the plan for this expansion. The cash prize and financing will also help to increase the volume and consolidation of the pilot plant, thus increasing the socio-environmental benefits generated and the growth of the solution.

The larger the business, the higher the volume processed, the greater the social and environmental benefits generated. Our dream and mission of life from the beginning is to leave this legacy, giving it to society through this new concept and way of recycling and circular economy, preserving the planet and people's lives.

From the beginning of our project, we were very lucky and we were very open to competent people who added and helped us in our solution. Nobody does anything alone, it is necessary to divide to multiply and have people with the same spirit and purpose to generate impact through business. We are a lean startup, and partnerships are always welcome in several areas to sustainably and quickly accelerate the company's growth and, consequently, the socioenvironmental benefits of impact generated.

We would like to partner with major multinational plastic packaging manufacturers and / or consumer goods companies, such as AB Inbev, Unilever, Castrol, Shell, Petronas, Cosan, Cargill, who need to do reverse logistics and recycle their plastic packaging. Another possibility is also with petrochemicals, we already have Braskem as a partner but other petrochemical options that want to be investing partners to have this solution in the portfolio so that the image of the plastic is not affected as it is today, without losing the market. This solution is a great ally in the face of the global need to combat plastic waste as it can be applied to other types of plastic waste. The first step is reduction, but petrochemicals have announced an increase in production by 10x by 2050. Recycling becomes the best solution for petrochemical companies to maintain the market, but it must be recycling without generating pollution due to the water crisis and the environmental issue itself. China has stopped receiving waste and more than 180 underdeveloped countries have signed an agreement that restricts the sending of waste, given the lack of sustainable recycling technologies available.

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