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BVRio supports global ambitions to accelerate plastic collection and support waste pickers

April 30, 2024 12:04 pm

Concluding yesterday, BVRio participated in the fourth session of the International Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-4), contributing to critical discussions on crediting mechanisms and waste management practices. Our official statement submitted as one of the INC-4 observers highlighted BVRio’s ongoing commitment to combating plastic waste and promoting the inclusion of waste pickers in the […]

BVRio delivers joint position on Minimum Requirements of Verified Plastic Recovery Units at INC-3

November 9, 2023 2:12 pm

Next week, BVRio will be in Nairobi participating in the UNEP Third Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) meeting, which aims to develop an international legally binding instrument – a Global Treaty – on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. As a long term advocate for, and developer of, solutions which support and include informal waste […]

How Plastic Credits can help reduce plastic pollution and increase recycling rates now

May 23, 2023 9:31 am

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 […]

In less than a year, ‘fishing for litter’ project site shows evidence of environmental recovery

March 2, 2023 2:02 pm

The project ‘Fishing for litter in Guanabara Bay’ is about to complete its first year of starting the collection of solid waste from the marine environment in the surroundings of Ilha do Governador. Since April 2022, the 23 fishers from the two traditional fishing villages involved in the project, Praia dos Bancários and Z-10, have […]

Flip-flop mountains: the polluted ocean is a picture of reverse logistics challenges

September 20, 2022 2:37 pm

In six months, Fishers have collected 3.6 tons of flip-flops and sandals from Guanabara Bay. Picture a 7.2-kilometre line made up of 25,000 flip-flops that have ended up in the ocean. BVRio’s team has been making weekly visits to oversee the collection of waste removed from Guanabara Bay, in the project run in partnership with […]

Circular Action presents solutions to waste collection in two global circularity events

12:32 pm

“It is time to increase collection in a socially inclusive way.” –Thierry Sanders Last week, the Circular Action team, Director Thierry Sanders and Circular Economy specialist, Maria Accioly, flew to participate in two brilliant circularity events taking place in Berlin, Germany, and in Quito, Ecuador, run by PREVENT Waste Alliance and Sustainable Challenge LATAM. They […]

Project celebrates first circular credits payment

January 20, 2022 12:14 pm

The project EntreAmigos in Mexico has celebrated handing out their first Circular Plastic Credits to waste pickers,

Reducing plastic pollution the 3R Initiative way

October 11, 2021 11:00 am

Just over three years after its launch, the 3R Initiative which was founded by BVRio, Verra, Nestlé, Danone, Tetra Pak and others, has transformed from an idea to help solve the problem of plastic pollution into a fully functioning market-based approach.

New guidelines on best practices for credit systems now available

October 7, 2021 4:31 am

New guidelines on best practices for credit systems related to the circular economy are now available in the Circular Action Hub.

BVRio featured in IUCN nature-based solutions Blue Print series

September 6, 2021 5:46 am

BVRio’s ‘Guanabara Bay clean-up’ project has featured in the new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Blue Prints Series launched today. The series outlines business models and illustrates the investment structure of a number of Nature-based Solution (NbS) projects.

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BVRio supports global ambitions to accelerate plastic collection and support waste pickers

BVRio delivers joint position on Minimum Requirements of Verified Plastic Recovery Units at INC-3

How Plastic Credits can help reduce plastic pollution and increase recycling rates now

In less than a year, ‘fishing for litter’ project site shows evidence of environmental recovery

Flip-flop mountains: the polluted ocean is a picture of reverse logistics challenges

Circular Action presents solutions to waste collection in two global circularity events

Project celebrates first circular credits payment

Reducing plastic pollution the 3R Initiative way

New guidelines on best practices for credit systems now available

BVRio featured in IUCN nature-based solutions Blue Print series

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