Waste management and compost
Since 2005, Cuervo holds an agreement with AMIFAC and Semarnat for the recollection of the agrochemical containers’ program. Besides, Cuervo has a collection center in Tequila for agrochemical containers.
We have two composting centers at Rancho San Juan (in the Altos region of Jalisco) where 22,465 metric tons of compost were produced between January and December 2016, and 18,926 metric tons between January and July 2017. The Rancho Todos Santos composting center (in the Tequila region) produced 1,500 metric tons of compost between July and December 2016, and 204,236 metric tons between January and June 2017.
Our bottling and composting facilities, as well as waste management processes, comply with all the industry’s regulations regarding health, management and quality:
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General law on ecological balance and environmental protection
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General law on prevention and comprehensive management of waste
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Regulation of the general law on prevention and comprehensive management of waste
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State law on ecological balance and environmental protection
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State law on comprehensive waste management
For composting centers:
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NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011
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NAE-SEMADES-007/2008
For containers:
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NOM-052-SEMARNAT-2005
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NOM-053-SEMARNAT-1993
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NOM-055-SEMARNAT-2003
After we use agrochemicals in our fields, all these containers go through a thorough cleansing process called “triple cleanse”; subsequently, they are shipped to our collection center where they are sorted according to each container’s material. Once they are classified and compacted, the “Campo Limpio” program –a strategic partner to achieve sustainability in the processes– recycles them.