During the celebration of 60 years of operation in Brazil, Mercedes-Benz announced the winners of the 6th Environmental Responsibility Award.

At the ceremony, held on 05/03/16, at Espaço Mercedes, at the São Bernardo do Campo factory - SP, the companies that presented the best environmental practices in their industrial processes and installations throughout 2015 were awarded.

The Multiterminais Group won the award with its Composting in loco project.

The winning projects were selected by a judging committee formed by members of Mercedes-Benz, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), University of São Paulo (USP) and Federal University of ABC (UFABC).

Below is extracted text Mercedes-Benz website that gives more details about the award:

The award given to Multi-Car Rio Terminal de Veículos S.A. (Multiterminais Group's Ro-Ro Specialized Vehicle Terminal) recognized the sustainable initiative Composting in loco . The objective was to eliminate environmental impacts with the external treatment of organic waste. The project was based on the treatment called ADB (High Biological Digestion), which does not generate bad smell, leachate and, mainly, does not attract vectors, due to the high temperature generated in the aerobic decomposition process. Unlike conventional composting processes, this model presents itself as a differentiated environmental solution. Annual benefits: elimination of sending 120 tons of organic waste to landfill; reduction of CO₂ emissions related to the transport of waste; 50% cost reduction with organic waste treatment; use of fertilizer in the company's gardens and donation for social projects.

See more information about the award.

See step-by-step of the composting project in the video Projeto de compostagem do Grupo Multiterminais:

Multiterminais thanks Mercedes-Benz for the award, congratulates all employees involved in the achievement and reiterates its commitment to a more sustainable world.