Pedro Moura Costa elected new representative to the PREVENT Waste Alliance steering committee
Rio de Janeiro, 5 August 2020 – Pedro Moura Costa, BVRio’s co-Director, was elected as new representative of the civil society stakeholder group in the PREVENT Waste Alliance steering committee. The 15 civil society members of the Alliance elected him to his new position in July 2020. From 15 August 2020 he will represent their […]
The World Economic Forum partners with Circular Action Hub
New partnership to focus on advancing the circular economy through innovation and cross-sector relationships. The World Economic Forum (WEF) and BVRio’s Circular Action Hub (CAH) are collaborating to advance support for circular innovation around the world. The Forum’s Scale360° initiative creates much-needed connectivity across a wide range of stakeholders, including financiers, technologists, activists, public servants […]
Can Circular Credits help cities deal with waste?
Waste management is expensive business for municipalities around the world. This is especially true in low- and middle-income countries, where up to 20% of municipal budgets goes to waste collection. However, even though waste collection is frequently the biggest item in these budgets, it still remains chronically under-funded. The cost to governments to be able […]
Circular Guidance Note 1: No double counting
OUR APPROACH: LEARNING BY DOING The Circular Credits Mechanism (CCM) is guided by a set of Principles & Criteria to ensure the environmental and social integrity of the credits issued and the waste management systems of its users. Underpinning our approach is the principle of ‘learning by doing’. And that is because we recognise that […]
PLASTIC PANDEMIC: COVID-19 TRASHED THE RECYCLING DREAM
SOURCE : REUTERS COVID-19 has hit plastic recycling, just as big oil firms are investing hundreds of billions of dollars to make new plastic. These investments massively exceed the industry’s spending to tackle plastic waste. Read full article here.
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PLASTIC WILL FILL OCEANS, LAND BY 2040 EVEN WITH IMMEDIATE GLOBAL ACTION, REPORT SAYS
SOURCE : CNN More than 1.3 billion tons of plastic waste will flow into the world’s oceans and land over the next two decades without widespread intervention, according to a group of scientists who developed a new computer model to track the flow of global plastic pollution. Single-use plastic has surged in production in recent […]
IT’S TIME TO VALUE WASTE COLLECTORS FOR THEIR PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE PLASTIC SUPPLY CHAIN
SOURCE : GREENBIZ Waste collectors play a pivotal role in the plastic supply chain, making sure plastic is collected instead of making its way into waste streams. But even while playing an important role in the chain, these individuals typically are not valued adequately for the contribution they make. “What we’re seeing is these people […]
PLASTICS COULD HELP BUILD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – HERE’S HOW
SOURCE : THE CONVERSATION The disposal of plastics is a global problem. They are nearly indestructible in natural conditions but are discarded worldwide on a large scale. The world produces around 359 million metric tons of plastics each year. Nature cannot address the amount of their disposal at a speed fast enough to prevent harm […]
HOW TO BUILD A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
SOURCE : WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE We have a waste problem. The world threw away around 300 million tons of plastic in 2019, nearly equivalent to the weight of the human population. Scientists expect there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. One year’s electronic waste weighs in at more than 50 […]
Project Spotlight: Myanmar Recycles
The Myanmar Recycles project has been recently selected as one of eight 3R Pilot Projects that will test the Plastic Standard developed by VERRA on behalf of the 3R Initiative. The successful bid was quickly spotted by the local press in Myanmar and highlighted in this article published in The Myanmar Times. In Myanmar, just […]