The KOLEKT waste management app, developed by Circular Action, a BVRio group company, has reached 10 thousand transactions. In the 18 months since the app was launched, it has gained over 1000 users in 48 countries. They are actors throughout the recycling supply chain, including informal waste pickers, who assisted in its design and have […]
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In recent weeks, global conversations have focused on issues related to the protection of the environment under the theme of tackling plastic pollution, providing an opportunity to call on governments, cities and businesses to invest in and implement solutions to end the problem. Today, that conversation turns to efforts that promote the preservation of marine […]
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Throughout May, BVRio’s circular economy specialist, Maria Accioly, has been leading capacity-building workshops for the workers of the establishments participating in the ‘Circular Beach’ project, developed in partnership between the EU programme Circular Plastics in the Americas (CPAP), BVRio, Riotur and Orla Rio. The project’s main objective is to promote sustainable tourism in Rio’s seaside […]
Saiba mais...Desde o início de maio, a especialista em economia circular da BVRio, Maria Accioly, liderou oficinas de capacitação para os funcionários dos estabelecimentos participantes do projeto Praia Circular, desenvolvido no âmbito do programa da União Europeia Plásticos Circulares nas Américas (CPAP) em parceria entre a BVRio, Riotur e Orla Rio, cujo objetivo é desenvolver o […]
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BVRio will play a pivotal role in benchmarking plastic use and waste on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro until December this year, as part of the ‘Circular Beach’ project run by The Circular Plastics in the Americas Program (CPAP). The 9 month long, multi-partner project aims to reduce plastic waste dumped on beaches, in […]
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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 […]
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Exceeding expectations, the fishers of Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, have reached the initial target of collecting 100 tonnes of waste from Guanabara Bay in December 2022, in the project run in partnership with Ogyre, an Italian social enterprise focused on recovering waste from the ocean. The second and current phase of the project […]
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Superando as expectativas, os pescadores da Praia dos Bancários e da Colônia Z-10, na Ilha do Governador, no Rio de Janeiro, alcançaram a meta inicial de coletar 100 toneladas de resíduos da Baía de Guanabara em dezembro de 2022, no projeto executado em parceria com a Ogyre, empresa social italiana focada na recuperação de resíduos […]
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Para acompanhar o desenvolvimento do projeto ‘Pesca de resíduos na Baía de Guanabara’, damos início a uma série de reportagens com a intenção de mostrar detalhes e histórias do projeto. Nesse primeiro texto, analisamos quanto e quais tipos de resíduo já foram ‘pescados’.
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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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