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BVRio featured in IUCN nature-based solutions Blue Print series

BVRio featured in IUCN nature-based solutions Blue Print series

BVRio’s ‘Guanabara Bay clean-up’ project has featured in the new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Blue Prints Series launched today. The series outlines business models and illustrates the investment structure of a number of Nature-based Solution (NbS) projects.

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Alerj aprova programa de incentivo à reciclagem

Alerj aprova programa de incentivo à reciclagem

A Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) aprovou o projeto de lei 1.424/16, do deputado Carlos Minc (PSB), que cria o Programa Estadual de Pagamentos por Serviços Ambientais de Reciclagem (PSAR) no último dia 01/07.

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Co-operative is a space to promote sorority

Co-operative is a space to promote sorority

Iara Meiri de Melo Moura Silva, 40, a mother of two, began working in the recycling market over 20 years ago with her mother, who came to Rio de Janeiro from the North East aged 17 years old. Iara is one of the female leaders in waste picker cooperatives in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in the Beija Flor Cooperative. Behind her love for her profession, Iara talks about the welcoming and learning space that exists in the cooperatives.

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"We are an eternal start up. We evolve constantly"

“We are an eternal start up. We evolve constantly”

The recycling market in Rio de Janeiro is not for “amateurs”. And those in charge of the management of many of the existing cooperatives are female entrepreneurs. In the context of the covid pandemic, in particular, it is necessary to adapt, try out new processes, and take risks to generate more business. Read below one more story of our series of inspiring women who fight for the valorisation of the environmental services provided by waste collectors.

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“Somos uma eterna start up. Pivotamos o tempo todo”

“Somos uma eterna start up. Pivotamos o tempo todo”

O mercado de reciclagem no Rio de Janeiro não é para amadores. E quem está à frente da gestão de muitas cooperativas são mulheres empreendedoras. No contexto da pandemia de covid, em especial, é preciso se adaptar, experimentar novos processos, arriscar-se para gerar mais negócios. Vamos conhecer mais uma história de mulheres inspiradoras que lutam pela valorização do serviço ambiental prestados pelos catadores.

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INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN LEAD RECYCLING COOPERATIVES

Inspirational women lead recycling cooperaives

BVRio features a series of three original stories of female leaders and social entrepreneurs, who promote valorisation of waste pickers’ work in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their stories tell us how the role of waste pickers is fundamental and complex, as they know recyclable materials like no one else.

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