Stern Plásticos transforms plastic waste into recycled raw material for furniture, utensils, and industrial products. Based in Eusébio (CE), the company is expanding operations with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and social impact.
Stern’s additionality project includes machinery upgrades, worker training, and PPE acquisition. As a result, the company will double direct and indirect jobs, expanding its production capacity with greater efficiency, safety, and social inclusion.
Recybacks supports Stern by certifying the project’s environmental and social impacts, converting them into recycling credits. This attracts investment and enables companies to offset their environmental footprint with traceability and real impact.
Outputs
Packaging
Buckets and containers from recycled plastic.
Civil construction
Formworks and blocks for green construction.
Utilities
Roof tiles and home items from recyclables.
Headquartered in Maracanaú (CE), J&S Reciclagens specializes in the collection, sorting, and commercialization of recyclable paper and cardboard. The company operates with technical, legal, and environmental responsibility, reintegrating solid waste into the production chain as raw material for new packaging and paper products.
Its model is based on partnerships with associations, supermarkets, and companies, offering guidance on proper waste separation, its own logistics for collection, manual sorting by local waste pickers, and standardized baling for resale to the recycling industry.
J&S promotes the productive inclusion of waste pickers, local income generation, and the reduction of waste sent to landfills. In addition: It conducts regular training sessions focused on safety, recycling, and the circular economy, acts as a bridge between the informal waste chain and the formal recycling market and operates in compliance with municipal, state, and federal environmental and health regulations.
Through its partnership with Recybacks and Plastiks, J&S aims to attract investments to:
– Acquire sustainable vehicles (roll-on/roll-off system) to expand collection capacity.
– Purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) to enhance team safety.
– Increase recycling capacity from 180,000 kg to 280,000 kg per month.
– Implement structured environmental education programs with waste pickers and local partners.
These initiatives are part of a strategic plan with measurable impact, traceable via blockchain, and strong potential for replication in other regions of Brazil.