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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
3R Initiative launches new plastic stewardship initiative to reduce plastic waste
The Circular Action Hub is proud to announce the launch of the 3R Initiative’s new plastic stewardship initiative that establishes a comprehensive framework for companies to verifiably manage and reduce plastic waste. More than 1,000 companies have united behind a common vision and targets to create a circular economy for plastic as part of the […]
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 […]
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, […]
