page_title: Recycling in Brazil
section_title: Materials
hierarchical_section_title: Recycling in Brazil / Materials
context_page_description: Brazil's overall recycling rate is 1%, according to Waste Atlas, but differs a lot from city to city. Overall, Brazilian recycling rates are average, especially concerning paper, steel and aluminum, despite the fact that there are no structured municipal recycling programs. Only 6.4% Brazilian Municipalities have official waste recycling programs. The recovery of recyclable material is largely left to waste pickers, who earn a living by collecting recyclables and selling them to private recycling companies.
  Main Leader
  Businesses in Brazil are taking a lead role in organizing recycling collection in the country's major cities. In 1992, private companies from various areas established the Brazilian Business Commitment for Recycling, a nonprofit organization work for the promotion of recycling within the scope of comprehensive waste management as an initiative to build a better environmental image for their associates. CEMPRE tries to increase the community's awareness of recycling and other solid waste issues through publications, technical research, seminars, and databases.
context_section_description: In Brazil, the main materials for reprocessing are aluminum, steel, glass, paper and plastics. They also recycle batteries, cooking oil, laminated material, refrigerators and so on. The results of aluminum recycling are the most significant.
caption: Sorted waste containers
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