BVRio Brazil has added to its Board by appointing three new members, providing more diverse perspectives and expertise. Now with six members, the Board meets three times a year to provide BVRio Executive Directors with comments and guidance on the organisation’s strategy and operational and budgetary plans and to assess the accounts annually. Joining the […]
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A waste recycling cooperative in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is participating in a pilot project run by BVRio and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Alliance) to encourage higher levels of recycling by households. The project will also provide additional income to waste pickers who sort the material, with the potential to increase in the […]
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BVRio assisted a social project approved in a recent public selection to add value to the solid waste disposal generated by Petrobras facilities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The cooperative Coopama signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BVRio to receive support from our circular economy team in presenting their proposals and, from next year, […]
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BVRio is going to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) and will participate in the Brazil Climate Action Hub and other side events over the next two weeks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. On 12 November, the Adaptation & Agriculture Day at COP27, the Brazil Climate Action Hub will focus on discussing issues related to […]
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The 2022 Earthshot Prize finalists were announced today. The Earthshots are split into five different categories; Protect and Restore Nature, Build a Waste Free World, Revive our Oceans, Clean our Air and Fix our Climate. BVRio has again confirmed its status as an Official Nominator and is in the privileged position to be able to […]
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The SIMFlor Programme was launched this week with the objective to promote the implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code (Law 12651) by acquiring the rights to Forest Reserve Credits (CRAs) from landholdings that have areas of native vegetation exceeding the requirements of the Code (Excess Legal Reserve – ELR), creating an incentive to conserve natural […]
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In six months, Fishers have collected 3.6 tons of flip-flops and sandals from Guanabara Bay. Picture a 7.2-kilometre line made up of 25,000 flip-flops that have ended up in the ocean. BVRio’s team has been making weekly visits to oversee the collection of waste removed from Guanabara Bay, in the project run in partnership with […]
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“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 […]
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BVRio is using its extensive experience of creating and managing its successful timber due diligence software, to create a new Big Data based service for imports of Brazilian Soy into the UK and EU. The development project, funded by the Waterloo Foundation, aims to address a key cause of deforestation in Brazil; soy production. Brazil […]
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Fishers are pulling an astonishing amount of upholstered furniture from the mud as they look for recyclable materials.
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