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 […]
Flip-flops, upholstery foam, plastic and sofas – the surprising catches Guanabara Bay fishers are making
Introducing a series of articles on the project ‘Fishing for litter in Guanabara Bay’ Since April this year, the second phase of our ‘Fishing for litter’ project has been supporting 25 families from Ilha do Governador, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to remove waste from Guanabara Bay. To show the development of this social and […]
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 […]