BVRio and UN-Habitat signed a Memorandum of Understanding, this month, agreeing to collaborate to enhance waste management and resource efficiency in the world’s cities.
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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 will be attending the World Circular Economy Forum from 13-15 September
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BVRio is supporting UN Habitat in the call for Expression of Interest to support the work of Waste Wise Cities for the period 2022-2026
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The Circular Action Hub (CAH) has reached 100 registered projects, in just 12 months of operation. Each of the 100 initiatives are providing important environmental waste recovery services and are displayed in this international showcase aimed at connecting projects with funders.
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BVRio welcomes the release of a statement and position paper from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation calling for implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for packaging, which has been backed by over 100 businesses.
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Iara Meiri de Melo Moura Silva, 40, a mother of two, began working in the recycling market over 20 years ago with her mother, who came to Rio de Janeiro from the North East aged 17 years old. Iara is one of the female leaders in waste picker cooperatives in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in the Beija Flor Cooperative. Behind her love for her profession, Iara talks about the welcoming and learning space that exists in the cooperatives.
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The recycling market in Rio de Janeiro is not for “amateurs”. And those in charge of the management of many of the existing cooperatives are female entrepreneurs. In the context of the covid pandemic, in particular, it is necessary to adapt, try out new processes, and take risks to generate more business. Read below one more story of our series of inspiring women who fight for the valorisation of the environmental services provided by waste collectors.
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BVRio features a series of three original stories of female leaders and social entrepreneurs, who promote valorisation of waste pickers’ work in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their stories tell us how the role of waste pickers is fundamental and complex, as they know recyclable materials like no one else.
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BVRio was a pioneer when it created the world’s first system of “reverse logistics credits” in 2013. Now, working internationally, the system recently expanded to almost 40 countries with the Circular Action Hub
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