Location: Brazil

Funder(s): Mars

Flexible plastics account for roughly one third of Brazil’s plastic waste, yet only about 4% is recycled. Building on its flexible plastics work in Argentina, Delterra partnered with Coopercaps – a cooperative inside São Paulo’s mechanized sorting centers – to re-sort approximately post-consumer flexible plastics into three distinct streams.

Recycler Grupo Interação confirmed the material met their technical requirements for producing plastic bags, validating that targeted sorting within existing infrastructure can significantly improve material value. The project also received approval under a Brazilian national tax incentive initiative, enabling Delterra to mobilize additional fundraising and scale implementation.