Archive - Month: September 2026

BVRio’s Fishing for Litter endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade

BVRio’s Fishing for Litter programme has been officially endorsed as a Decade Project under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030. The endorsement was granted by the Executive Secretary of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission following a formal review of the project’s contribution to the Ocean Decade’s vision of delivering ‘the science […]

BVRio Impact & Innovation 2011-2026

Running in the red: who will fund the fix for plastic overshoot?

Plastic Overshoot Day warns that waste systems are falling behind. It also makes the case for investing in solutions that recover value, strengthen local economies and keep plastic out of nature. According to EA Earth Action’s 2026 model, Sunday, 6 September marked the projected Global Plastic Overshoot Day: the point when the plastic waste generated […]