The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution delivers fresh hope for the establishment of a Global Plastics Treaty in 2024. While ultimately, we think there is a need for strong restrictions on single-use plastics, we still need to adopt solutions to the current situation. And, in this context, businesses with a […]
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O projeto “Pesca de resíduos na Baía de Guanabara” está prestes a completar um ano desde o início da coleta de resíduos sólidos do ambiente marinho nos arredores da Ilha do Governador. Desde abril de 2022, os 23 pescadores das duas colônias tradicionais envolvidas no projeto, Praia dos Bancários e Z-10, conciliaram o tempo de […]
Saiba mais...The project ‘Fishing for litter in Guanabara Bay’ is about to complete its first year of starting the collection of solid waste from the marine environment in the surroundings of Ilha do Governador. Since April 2022, the 23 fishers from the two traditional fishing villages involved in the project, Praia dos Bancários and Z-10, have […]
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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 […]
Saiba mais...A equipe da BVRio tem acompanhado em campo semanalmente a coleta dos resíduos retirados da Baía de Guanabara no projeto em parceria com a Ogyre e, cada vez mais, os volumes de chinelos descartados impressionam. Nos últimos 6 meses, foram 3,6 toneladas de chinelos ou sandálias de dedo de plástico e/ou borracha encontrados no mar […]
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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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A BVRio publicou, como parte integrante de um grupo de entidades voluntárias de regulamentação de standards de créditos de plástico, no âmbito da PREVENT Waste Alliance e com o apoio do consórcio ValuCred, um posicionamento conjunto que endossa a resolução ‘Acabar com a Poluição Plástica: Rumo a um instrumento internacional juridicamente vinculante’, adotado na 5ª Assembleia das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (UNEA-5) em Nairobi.
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The project EntreAmigos in Mexico has celebrated handing out their first Circular Plastic Credits to waste pickers,
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Just over three years after its launch, the 3R Initiative which was founded by BVRio, Verra, Nestlé, Danone, Tetra Pak and others, has transformed from an idea to help solve the problem of plastic pollution into a fully functioning market-based approach.
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New guidelines on best practices for credit systems related to the circular economy are now available in the Circular Action Hub.
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