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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In an article published last week by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, reporter Joana Cunha interviewed the Secretary for the Urban Environment, Adalberto Maluf, about the Ministry of the Environment’s initiative to strengthen the regulation of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) model in Brazil. The initiative is seen as a crucial step towards […]
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In June, BVRio completed an 18-month-long pilot project in partnership with PREVENT Waste Alliance that benefited ten Brazilian waste picker cooperatives and a Mexican network of collectors through the issuance of circular credits.
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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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