BVRio’s circular action team has expanded this month with the addition of two new members of staff, who will increase capacity and help further develop services for both producers looking for ways to meet EPR and CSER commitments and local waste management initiatives.
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After a successful trial, the second phase of our project in partnership with Italian social enterprise, Ogyre, to manage the removal of solid waste from Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, by local fishers, is now underway.
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BVRio was in Mexico last month to support a circular economy network registered in the Hub’s project directory, accompanying the proceedings of SGS Audit to the project coordinated by the NGO Entreamigos, under the umbrella of ‘Bahia Circular – Community plastics recycling in Mexico’.
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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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In December 2021 BVRio reached the end of its first 10 years of operation, and in this, our 11th year, we are going to take the opportunity to celebrate the decade of impact we have made.
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A new project from Italian company, Ogyre, is funding the collection of tons of plastic from the sea and mangroves of the Guranabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The guidelines on best practices for credit systems related to the circular economy are now available in Portuguese and Spanish, as well as English.
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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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BVRio has signed a commitment this week to support the Circular Plastics Programme in the Americas (CPAP), led by the European Union (EU).
Read more...BVRio joined the last meeting of the Firjan Social Responsibility Council in Rio de Janeiro on December 9, led by Fernanda Candeias Guimarães (Ternium Brasil).
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