Circular Action presents solutions to waste collection in two global circularity events
“It is time to increase collection in a socially inclusive way.” – Thierry Sanders Last week, the Circular Action team, Director Thierry Sanders and Circular Economy specialist, Maria Accioly, flew to participate in two brilliant circularity events taking place in Berlin, Germany, and in Quito, Ecuador, run by PREVENT Waste Alliance and Sustainable Challenge LATAM. They […]
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 […]
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 […]
BVRio follows-up on project ‘Entreamigos’ in Mexico, funded by PREVENT Waste Alliance
BVRio was in Mexico last month, between the 21st and 25th February, to support a circular economy network registered in the Hub’s project directory, composed of four community associations and several autonomous waste pickers. Maria Accioly, BVRio’s circular economy specialist, accompanied the proceedings of SGS Audit to the project, which is coordinated by the NGO […]
Recicla San Pancho celebrates first Circular Credits payment
In December 2021, the project EntreAmigos, part of the Recicla San Pancho Initiative in Mexico, celebrated the accomplishment of handing out their first Circular Plastic Credits to waste pickers, a payment financed by PREVENT Waste Alliance. Added to the Circular Action Hub Project Directory in late July 2021, Bahía Circular and Entreamigos have been promoting […]