JBS Environmental Inaugurates Two Units in The State of GOIÁS

In the first half of the year, JBS Ambiental started two new operations in the state of Goiás. The plants, located in the cities of Goiânia and Senador Canedo, will be responsible for the reuse of about 170 tons of plastic per year, from Friboi’s activities in the same municipalities.

From the so-called closed loop of plastic, the JBS Novos Negócios division correctly allocates the waste discarded by the operations of part of the Friboi plants. In addition to manufacturing food bags, it also produces pallet cover for JBS Leathers and garbage bags that are distributed to all JBS business plants in Brazil. The central secret is to keep the material as long as possible within the chain itself.

Annually, JBS Ambiental reuses 6,400 tons of plastic from JBS operations. For comparison, the volume is equivalent to 1.07 billion grocery bags or approximately 376.5 million 30-liter bags of waste. Also destined to recycle, per year, more than 4 thousand tons of cardboard coming from the activities in the units of the JBS.

About JBS
JBS is one of the global leaders in the food industry and has around 230,000 employees in 15 countries. The company has a portfolio of brands recognized for excellence and innovation, such as Friboi, Moy Park, Pilgrim’s Pride, Primo, Seara, Swift, Gold’n Plump, among others, serving approximately 275,000 clients from more than 150 nationalities in Worldwide. Focusing on innovation, this guideline is also reflected in the management of correlated businesses, such as leather, biodiesel, collagen, personal hygiene and cleaning, natural wrappings, solid waste management solutions, metal packaging and transportation. JBS adopts the best sustainability practices throughout its value chain, and monitors its suppliers consistently through the use of satellite images, georeferenced maps of farms and monitoring of official data from public agencies, as well as conducting its operations with a focus on high quality and food safety. Best Animal Welfare practices are closely related to the success of JBS operations, which treats the subject with extreme rigor and has increasingly invested in improving actions that follow best market practices.