A decade of innovation in support of initiatives that remove or prevent ocean pollution
2021-2030 was declared the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, where top of the list of desirable outcomes is ‘a clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and reduced or removed’. Despite many years of the media spotlight on plastic pollution in the ocean, the flow of solid waste shows few […]
Reguladores de standards de créditos de plástico endossam acordo global
A BVRio publicou ontem, 25/05, como parte integrante de um grupo de entidades voluntárias de regulamentação de standards de créditos de plástico, no âmbito da PREVENT Waste Alliance e com o apoio do consórcio ValuCred, um posicionamento conjunto que endossa a resolução ‘Acabar com a Poluição Plástica: Rumo a um instrumento internacional juridicamente vinculante’, adotada na 5ª Assembleia […]
Cover story for Brazilian ‘fishing for plastic’ initiative
Fishers from Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are getting another living from the sea: fishing for waste. BVRio’s project in partnership with the Italian social enterprise Ogyre featured on the cover of O Globo, a mainstream newspaper in Brazil, over the weekend. The reporter Ludmilla Lima went to meet the fishers, who are now earning a […]
Seven initiatives delivering a range of solutions to waste management in Africa
This month, the Circular Action Hub welcomed seven brilliant initiatives in countries from Central, West and East Africa, which are delivering a range of waste management solutions from recycling household waste and high-density plastic to producing biofuel and improving waste pickers’ living wages. The Mozambican Recycling Association (AMOR) runs a social inclusive initiative enabling recycling […]
BVRio follows-up on project ‘Entreamigos’ in Mexico, funded by PREVENT Waste Alliance
BVRio was in Mexico last month, between the 21st and 25th February, to support a circular economy network registered in the Hub’s project directory, composed of four community associations and several autonomous waste pickers. Maria Accioly, BVRio’s circular economy specialist, accompanied the proceedings of SGS Audit to the project, which is coordinated by the NGO […]
Recicla San Pancho celebrates first Circular Credits payment
In December 2021, the project EntreAmigos, part of the Recicla San Pancho Initiative in Mexico, celebrated the accomplishment of handing out their first Circular Plastic Credits to waste pickers, a payment financed by PREVENT Waste Alliance. Added to the Circular Action Hub Project Directory in late July 2021, Bahía Circular and Entreamigos have been promoting […]