2021-2030 was declared the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, where top of the list of desirable outcomes is ‘a clean ocean where sources of pollution are identified and reduced or removed’. Despite many years of the media spotlight on plastic pollution in the ocean, the flow of solid waste shows few […]
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In support of this year’s United Nations World Oceans Day, we have looked back on our decade of activities in developing market mechanisms to support initiatives that remove or prevent ocean pollution, and we are celebrating those initiatives on the Circular Action Hub who do the same.
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Project date/s: October 2012 to October 2013 Funder/s: Oak Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, UKFCDO Collaborator/s: National Association of Catadores Initiative type: Tool The problem In 2010, Brazilian legislation introduced a form of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requiring producers or importers in selected sectors to ensure the products they sold were collected and disposed of in […]
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BVRio mostra desafios e oportunidades do mercado de logística reversa em painel de “Economia Circular” da Exame, e destaca que Brasil desperdiça cerca de R$ 8 bilhões por ano com descarte inadequado
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O Plastic Standard 3R será testado em vários projetos de recuperação e reciclagem de plásticos em todo o mundo.
Saiba mais...The night of last Wednesday in April (26) marked the recognition of the BVRio Institute (iBVRio) for its performance in the socio-environmental sector. Brazilian Association of Environmental Public Attorneys (ABRAMPA) committed the award “Troféu Entidade Amiga” at a ceremony held in São Paulo, during the 17th Brazilian Conference of the Environmental Public Attorneys. Since 2011,
Saiba mais...Tuesday 18 April, BVRio published a new report about Reverse Logistics Credits, an innovative system to facilite the socially inclusive waste collection and recycling solution for urban centers. The report describes a market mechanism developed to incentivize the collection, separation and recycling of solid waste; shows the results of an initial trial in Brazil, conducted with two leading consumer
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