BVRio Group company, Kolekt, has launched the EPR Regulation Wizard, an online tool that helps governments design an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system and produce a draft regulation in just three days. Most ministries know they need EPR to solve the funding crisis in waste management, but few know where to start. The usual route […]
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BVRio Group company, Sustainable Investment Management (SIM), a founding supporter of the Rotterdam TFFF Statement of Support, welcomes the growing backing for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). The statement, which SIM helped launch during London Climate Action Week in June 2026, is now endorsed by 34 organisations representing more than €10 trillion in assets, […]
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Do Cities and Governments know what their waste systems really cost? And can they work out what share of that cost could be covered by the companies that put packaging on the market? They told us they couldn’t, so after more than a year of development, by BVRio Group Company, Kolekt, the Kolekt Waste Simulator […]
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BVRio has appointed Pedro Succar as its new Director of Circular Economy as part of a wider restructuring of the team to strengthen project delivery, strategic partnerships and the development of market-based solutions for inclusive waste management. Pedro takes on the leadership role after five years with BVRio, during which he has contributed to the […]
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A new horizontal baling press acquired by the Cooperative Coopama, through the BVRio-supported Cooperate to Recycle project, has increased recycling processing efficiency by up to 10.8 times, according to an operational assessment conducted at the cooperative in Rio de Janeiro. The findings demonstrate the impact of mechanisation while highlighting a broader challenge for the sector: […]
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BVRio’s Fishing for Litter programme has won the 2026 SEIM Integrating Actions Award, presented by the Special Secretariat for Metropolitan Integration (SEIM) of the Rio de Janeiro City Government. The award was presented on 25 September during the seminar “Waste Management: Challenges and Solutions for Metropolitan Cities”, which brought together public officials, experts and civil […]
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BVRio Group company, Kolekt, has launched its Waste Footprint Calculator, a new digital tool designed to help organisations understand their waste footprint and take practical action to make it lighter and more circular. “The calculator gives organisations a practical starting point: calculate the footprint, reduce it where possible, and support verified recovery for the material […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Brazil already has advanced tools for monitoring soy and beef supply chains. The problem is that existing systems do not necessarily check the same information or consistently apply the same criteria. This makes it difficult to compare results and creates uncertainty for producers, companies, governments and international buyers. This is the starting point for the […]
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