Our circular economy team has celebrated the milestone of 200 tons of waste collected with the fishers involved in the ‘Fishing for litter in Guanabara Bay’ project and honoured them for International Fisherman’s Day, celebrated on 29 June. The day of recognition highlights this traditional craft’s role in combating ocean pollution, with each piece of […]
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A Circular Action tem colaborado com a “Aliança para fim de resíduos plásticos” (Alliance to End Plastic Waste – AEPW) para promover a recuperação, coleta e adequada destinação de resíduos plásticos no Brasil. Na semana passada, nossa equipe apresentou a representantes do Grupo de Trabalho Regional da América do Sul da AEPW nosso projeto que […]
Saiba mais...Circular Action has been successfully collaborating with the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) to promote the recovery, collection, and improved destination of plastic waste in Brazil. Last week, as part of our ongoing efforts, our circular economy team joined representatives from the South America Regional Task Group of the AEPW to present our work […]
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Last month while working on the roll-out of the KOLEKT waste management app in Angola, an AfricaRise programme funded by the EU, Circular Action Director, Thierry Sanders, was invited by the National Waste Agency of Angola to assist with the country’s thinking regarding introducing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation. Calling on over a decade of […]
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The KOLEKT app is now in the hands of various different types of users in Mozambique and Angola, as part of the first phase of the study and pilot project to establish if a digital waste management solution could improve waste collection and recycling in Southern Africa. During March and April, Circular Action Director, Thierry […]
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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 […]
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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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Nosso projeto em parceria com duas cooperativas de reciclagem no Rio de Janeiro concluiu com sucesso a fase piloto. Realizado pela Circular Action, o projeto promove a recuperação, coleta e adequada destinação de resíduos plásticos por meio da emissão de Créditos de Plástico financiados pela Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Aliança para Fim dos Resíduos […]
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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”, executado pela BVRio em parceria com a empresa social italiana Ogyre, entra agora em uma terceira e ampliada fase, com a inclusão de 10 pescadores e um coordenador da colônia do Fundão, na Ilha do Governador, Baía de Guanabara, no Rio de Janeiro. Com a adição de um terceiro time […]
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