HRios

PT

The HRios Ecobarreira Inteligente technology is an environmental station for monitoring, collecting and storing solid waste and microplastics in rivers and tributaries, which, through a remote sensing system, uses 100% renewable energy.

This Tecnology was developed to attend the most deversified types of rivers, logistics and transportation to be implemented in remote and distant sites, as well as operational financial viability in poorest áreas deprived from basic swage conditions.

Current scenario

Current reports have proven that 80% of the plastic materials found in the oceans are originated from rivers and afluents, do to the absence of effective public policies regarding to preventive measures for innapropriate littering and recycling standards. Every year the environment has been degradeted, Leading to expressive economic loss over U$10 billions, impacting the turism sector, fishing and agriculture activites.

Current scenario

The Guanabara Bay receives 98 tons of trash daily according to ABRELPE (Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies). It directly receives all types of waste such as plastics, wood, metals, paper, and others, polluting the entire ecosystem and the local sea economy.

Competing tecnologies

Traditional eco-barriers are used as palliatives in many rivers in various regions of Brazil and the world, and they have always presented great challenges, be it in efficiency or environmental aspects. These eco-barriers require continuous monitoring by people on site, as well as the assistance of tractors to collect the waste. Another serious factor is that when an eco-barrier is installed in a river close to the sea, the passage of canoes and small fishing boats is interrupted.

Reverse Logistics

The law 12.305/2010 regulates the appropriate handling of waste and settles two other instruments to enable reverse logistics: Commitment Term and the Sectorial Agreement. Currently, the minimum amount that a company needs to prove in relation to the Reverse Logistics of packaging is 22% of all the mass of packaging sold in the reference year.

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Current scenario

The Guanabara Bay receives 98 tons of trash daily according to ABRELPE (Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies).

Competing tecnologies

Reverse Logistics

Currently, the minimum amount that a company needs to prove in relation to the Reverse Logistics of packaging is 22% of all the mass of packaging sold in the reference year.

SOLUTION

Technological System HRios

The system makes use of the rivers flows to canalize the solid waste materials in a storage collecting filter through an automatic gate, that shuts upon an opposit water flow.

Solid and pneumatic barriers are installed in the river to drive the floating waste inside the storage filter. These barriers are placed according to the river tides, depth and shores.

The air driven system, pushes the solid waste and microplastic organisms in moviment under water to the surface.

Technology

Operating

Operating mode

The HRios is installed on one side of the shore and the solid and pneumatic barriers are positioned in a “fishbone” format, channeling the waste towards HRios’s storage filter, without hampering the traffic of local fishermen’s boats to the seas.

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The waste is intercepted and guided by solid and air driven barriers towards the Hrios;

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The trash is driven to the submerged filter, where the whole material is stored.

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When the container reaches the maximum storage level, a message is automatically sent to Local Environmental Agents (LEA).

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The filter is removed using a barge, and with a hoist truck, the compartment is emptied and the trash is sent to the local waste management facilities.

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The filter returns to HRios, completing the operation cycle.

Several benefits for private initiative

Private Initiative Marketing

Waste-generating companies can contract the services of HRios for collection, disposal, and manifest, in compliance with ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 12.305/2010.

The HRios will be characterized and fit according to the customer’s instructions, ensuring communication with their audience and their commitment to the environment.

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Who we are

HRios is a company dedicated to developing sustainable technological solutions that bring real results for the preservation of rivers and oceans. Since 2019, it has assumed a prominent position in the BlueTech segment by becoming a signatory of the UN Global Compact and aligning its initiatives with BlueKeepers, reinforcing its commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life in Water. This alignment highlights the company’s dedication to promoting the maritime economy and preserving aquatic environments.

On its path to innovation, HRios builds technological cooperation with innovation centers, including the Senai Institutes of Technologies (Automation IST, Welding IST, and Green Chemistry IST), Grupo Bravante, Fjet, among others. These partnerships allow HRios to not only advance its own technologies, but also contribute significantly to global sustainability technology and knowledge.

In 2023, the company won the award from the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA), and in 2024, it reached first place in Brazil in the “Challenge of the Future, Rivers without Plastics” competition organized by ABDI. These awards reflect the significant impact of its innovations and methodologies in combating pollution in rivers and oceans, establishing new partnerships and reinforcing its commitment to a cleaner and more sustainable future for aquatic environments.

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UM Global Campact

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