Project Update: Used Beverage Carton Recycling in Vietnam
Lesson #1: Innovation requires flexibility. Reflections from Circular Action Director, Thierry Sanders on the first few months of the project, and turning things on their head. ‘Trickle down economics’ doesn’t work. It may have been a term commonly heard by economics students born before 1980. But even in 2022 in Saigon, Vietnam this outdated economic […]
First year for KOLEKT waste management app sees 5400 tonnes of recyclables sold
The KOLEKT waste management app has just turned one, and what a year it’s been! We set out to get the app into the hands of the very people who helped design it, informal waste pickers, and to test it in real world environments. In three different countries, in four very different situations we’ve honed […]
Pilot project encourages households in Rio de Janeiro to recycle more
A waste recycling cooperative in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is participating in a pilot project run by Circular Action Hub founder BVRio and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Alliance) to encourage higher levels of recycling by households. The project will also provide additional income to waste pickers who sort the material, with the potential […]
BVRio helps waste picker cooperatives receive R$ 3.9 million in investment
BVRio assisted the cooperative Coopama in applying a social project approved in a recent public selection to add value to the solid waste disposal generated by Petrobras facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Coopama has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BVRio to receive support from our circular economy team to implement an investment […]
BVRio scopes possible partnerships for plastic circularity in Rio
BVRio took part in a workshop for co-creating Plastics Circularity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, promoted by the Circular Plastics in the Americas Programme (CPAP) on 24 August. BVRio is keen to play a role in creating partnerships to implement future pilot projects over the next two years, through developing Circular Action Programmes (CAPs) to […]
Tetra Pak carton recycling initiative begins in Vietnam benefitting hundreds of informal waste pickers
Often deemed hard to recycle, beverage cartons are the focus of a new initiative run by Circular Action, a BVRio group company, in partnership with Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam (PRO Vietnam), which will not only provide a recycling solution, but which will also deliver additional income to potentially hundreds of informal waste […]
Pilot project completes with 350+ waste pickers benefitting
In June, BVRio completed an 18-month-long pilot project in partnership with PREVENT Waste Alliance that benefited ten Brazilian waste picker cooperatives and a Mexican network of collectors through the issuance of circular credits. The project also supported the further development of the Circular Action Hub and the Circular Credits Mechanism (CCM). In total, circular credits […]
BVRio shares plan of action for plastic circularity in Brazil
Last week, BVRio’s circular economy specialist, Pedro Succar, presented the results of a market study conducted by BVRio in 2021 on plastic circularity in Brazil at the opening event of the Circular Plastics Programme in the Americas (CPAP), in Rio de Janeiro. The World Bank, through the IFC, funded the market study for plastics circularity […]
Uma década de inovação e apoio a iniciativas que contribuem para a redução da poluição dos oceanos
Entre os anos de 2021 a 2030, estamos vivendo a Década das Nações Unidas da Ciência Oceânica para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, cujo topo da lista de resultados desejados é trabalhar para um ‘oceano limpo onde as fontes de poluição são identificadas, reduzidas ou eliminadas’. Apesar dos esforços para promoção da conscientização ambiental sobre a preservação […]
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 […]