Plastic credit standard setters welcome global plastics agreement
BVRio has today, as part of a group of voluntary standard setters under the PREVENT Waste Alliance and with support from the ValuCred consortium, released a joint statement welcoming the resolution ‘End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument’ adopted at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi. The statement […]
Circular Action Hub offers projects and funders improved service
The changes we have made to the Circular Action Hub website are much more than a changed aesthetic. They have been made to improve the process of adding and funding vital waste recovery services all over the world. At the core of the changes is a simplified project registration form, which is now quicker and easier […]
Ocean Bound Plastic Certification Standard added to the Hub
A fourth certification standard has been added to the Hub this month. The OBP Neutrality Subprogram is part of the OBP Certification Program, created by the NGO Zero Plastic Oceans (ZPO), which focuses on reducing the amount of plastic waste that enters oceans. It is a market-based mechanism for financing the removal and treatment of […]
BVRio signs commitment to support the Circular Plastics Programme in the Americas (CPAP)
BVRio has signed a commitment this week to support the Circular Plastics Programme in the Americas (CPAP), led by the European Union (EU), which aims to strengthen cooperation between Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Canada, contributing to the transition to a Circular Economy (CE). CPAP’s focus is on Innovation, Technology Demonstration and New Models for Circular […]
Reducing plastic pollution the 3R Initiative way
Just over three years after its launch, the 3R Initiative which was founded by BVRio, Verra, Nestlé, Danone, Tetra Pak and others, has transformed from an idea to help solve the problem of plastic pollution into a fully functioning market-based approach with its component products now progressing independently. The 3R Initiative, named for its objectives of reducing plastic waste, recovering plastic […]
New guidelines on best practices for credit systems now available
New guidelines on best practices for credit systems related to the circular economy are now available in the Knowledge Hub. The document contains recommendations for better and more inclusive waste collection and recycling practices to improve livelihoods and strengthen the circular economy. The guidelines were developed by BVRio as part of the ‘Plastic Credits for Inclusive […]
BVRio and UN-Habitat collaborate to enhance waste management in cities
BVRio and UN-Habitat signed a Memorandum of Understanding, this month, agreeing to collaborate to enhance waste management and resource efficiency in the world’s cities. The collaboration will be implemented with a focus on connecting local waste management activities and projects of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities’ Members and Affiliates, with global companies and investors, as well as […]
Spotlight on Impact: Coopgaleão, Brazil “With funding we have been able to lease a conveyor belt to help with operations.”
The next in our series looking at the impact of additional funding on CAH projects, we meet CoopGaleão, a project operating in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Cooperative conducts solid waste collection and sorting in Rio de Janeiro city. They operate from a rented warehouse where they collect and sort approximately 40 tons of solid waste […]
CAH project featured in IUCN nature-based solutions ‘Blue Print’ series
The ‘Guanabara Bay clean-up’ project has featured in the new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Blue Prints Series launched today. The series outlines business models and illustrates the investment structure of a number of Nature-based Solution (NbS) projects. Based on projects supported by IUCN’s Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility, the series of blueprints […]
CAH to join World Circular Economy Forum 2021 Virtual Expo
Circular Action Hub will be attending the World Circular Economy Forum from 13-15 September. Co-organised by the Government of Canada and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, and hosted for the first time in North America, the World Circular Economy Forum brings together forward-looking thinkers and doers, and presents the world’s leading game-changers in the circular economy. The […]
