Spotlight on Impact: “We can increase the pay, by 50%, of around 30 members who work as waste pickers and sorters”
In the next in our series looking at the impact of additional funding on CAH projects, we meet Coopama, operating in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Coopama was founded in 2004 in Rio de Janeiro and by 2020 had around 71 associates. The cooperative is very well developed and performs wide-scale solid waste recovery, collection, sorting, disposal, […]
Spotlight on Impact: Funding helps “dignify work and improve the quality of life of waste collectors”
In the first in our series looking at the impact of additional funding on CAH projects, we meet Bahía Circular, a project operating in Nayarit, Mexico. Bahía Circular is a network of non-profit communitarian organisations of waste collectors and recycling intermediaries that provide environmental services in the rapidly-growing touristic area of Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, Mexico. […]
Amazon river plastic project the 100th to be added to the Hub
The Circular Action Hub (CAH) has reached 100 registered projects, in just 12 month’s of operation. Each of the 100 initiatives are providing important environmental waste recovery services and are displayed in this international showcase aimed at connecting projects with funders. The hundredth project to be added was AACEAM Ambiental, an association with around 70 waste […]
“Co-operative is a space to promote sorority”
Iara Meiri de Melo Moura Silva, 40, mother of two, began working in the recycling market over 20 years ago with her mother, who came to Rio de Janeiro from the Northeast at 17 years old. Iara is one of the female leaders in waste collector cooperatives in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in […]
“We are an eternal start-up. We evolve constantly”
The recycling market in Rio de Janeiro is not for “amateurs”. And those in charge of the management of many of the existing cooperatives are female entrepreneurs. In the context of the COVID pandemic, in particular, it is necessary to adapt, try out new processes, and take risks to generate more business. Read below one […]
Inspirational women led recycling cooperatives: ACERJ
Born into a traditional family of waste pickers in Rio de Janeiro, Glória de Souza dos Santos, 45, has worked for over three decades in the recycling market. She was brought up in Laureano, a neighbourhood of Jardim Gramacho, the largest “recycling centre of the State of Rio de Janeiro”, where together with her mother […]
BVRio’s monitoring system values waste pickers’ action
What are the main challenges and solutions for the reverse logistics market in the world? Did you know that 11 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the oceans today? The recycling market represents a large market on the planet and requires a joint effort of solutions to cope with the gigantic crisis both from […]
BVRio talks Circular Economy in financial and business magazine EXAME
BVRio was a pioneer when it created the world’s first system of “reverse logistics credits” in 2013. Now, working internationally, the system recently expanded to almost 40 countries with the Circular Action Hub London, 10th May 2021 – BVRio will participate in the 1st edition of the “Best of ESG | Rethinking the value of everything”, the […]
New project in partnership with PREVENT Waste Alliance
Circular Action Hub, in partnership with PREVENT Waste Alliance, developed the project “Plastic Credits for inclusive and transparent circularity”, which will benefit around 300 waste pickers until June 2022. The project will be conducted by an international consortium and BVRio is the organisation responsible for the activities in Brazil and Mexico. Overall, Circular Credits will be generated for about 1,500 […]
PREVENT Waste Alliance project: Plastic credits for inclusive and transparent circularity
The ‘Plastic credits for inclusive and transparent circularity’ project, managed by Circular Action Hub and partners, was selected by the PREVENT Waste Alliance as one of eight global innovative and sustainable solutions that contribute to a circular economy in low- and middle-income countries. Started in January 2021 and running until June 2022, BVRio’s project will focus on […]