Brazil creates Sisrev-BR system to track packaging recycled content

Brazil's Ministry of Environment published Ordinance GM/MMA No. 1,778/2026 on 18 September 2026, creating the Sisrev-BR national reverse logistics system as a free module of SINIR. The system sets an annual compliance calendar and, for the first time, requires physical traceability of post-consumer recycled content in packaging rather than credits or certificates.

Why this mattersPackaging producers and importers selling into Brazil must now document recycled-content supply chains physically, raising compliance costs and barring credit-based schemes.

• Ordinance GM/MMA No. 1,778/2026 was published in Brazil's official gazette on 18 September 2026 and took effect immediately.
• Reverse logistics system registration runs annually from 1 January to 31 May.
• Recycled-content usage data must be submitted by 30 April each year; annual results reports are due by 30 July.
• The ordinance bans the use of recycled-content credits or certificates, requiring physical traceability from recycler to packaging.
• Industrial scrap and offcuts do not count as recycled content; only post-consumer material qualifies.
• Existing national targets of 32.5% for reverse logistics and 22% for recycled content were not changed by the ordinance.

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