Clique aqui para Português This October Rio de Janeiro organized its first official Semana Lixo Zero, or Zero Waste Week. Organizations and communities throughout Rio hosted workshops, lectures, debates, and activities related to zero waste […]
Clique aqui para Português Waste management is a problem faced by virtually every favela in Rio de Janeiro. Most communities suffer inadequate or non-existent waste collection services because public agencies miscount the local population and provide inadequate services, […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents and activists in the São José Operário community, home to approximately 6,500 people in the Praça Seca area of Rio’s West Zone, celebrated World Environment Day on June 3. The event provided […]
Favelas are natural incubators for new ideas, sustainability initiatives and community-led projects. They are increasingly being recognized as models of sustainability worldwide. World Environment Day is organized annually by the United Nations to bring awareness to environmental issues around the […]
Recycling is an essential element of waste management for any city, and it becomes an increasingly critical issue proportionately to the size of the city and its metropolitan area. Any degree of recycling reduces the […]