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BNDES Increases Support to Waste Picker Co-ops in 2009
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009From the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES):
BNDES lends R$ 7.4 million to 11 waste-picker recycling cooperatives in 2009
Entities will contribute to raise the population’s awareness and improve separate garbage collection services
This year, the BNDES boosted its support to waste-picker recycling cooperatives and approved R$ 7.4 million for 11 institutions. The non-reimbursable funds derive from the Social [...]
An E-Waste Bill for Colombia
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009After months of rumbling on the issue (here and here), Colombia finally has its first formal proposal to regulate waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE or “e-waste” or “e-scrap”) — in this case, in the form of a bill introduced in the Colombian Senate. Whether or not the bill manages to pass before the 2010 [...]
Wal-Mart Mexico to Promote “Green” Products / Wal-Mart de México promoverá productos “verdes”
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Walmart stores across Mexico and their suppliers* have launched for “Earth Month” (April 16 to May 3) an aggressive environmental awareness campaign in the press, radio and television promoting sustainable products and showing that purchasing them does not hurt the customers’ budgets.
“At Wal-Mart de México we work hand-in-hand with our suppliers to encourage them to [...]
Brazilian Banks Assume Environmental Commitment
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Brazilian businesses depending on bank financing for their economic activities will have to prove from now on that they are committed to developing socio-environmental policies, such as those regarding respect for human and workers’ rights, conservation of biodiversity, valuing the diversity of local cultures, reduction of poverty and income distribution inequality. This is the [...]
IDB Funds Coal-Fired Power Plants in Brazil / O BID vai financiar usinas termelétricas a carvão no Brasil
Friday, March 20th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Brazil expands energy supply in Northeastern region with IDB financing
Innovative agreement will partially offset CO2 emissions by promoting renewable energy projects and greenhouse gas reduction research
Brazil will add 1,080 megawatts (MW) of electric power in the Northeastern states of Ceará and Maranhão with the construction of two coal-fired power plants [...]
An Energy Loan to Panama with Environmental Components / Un préstamo al sector energético panameño con componentes ambientales
Thursday, March 19th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):
Panama to consolidate energy sector reforms with support from the IDB
US$100 million loan will underpin the country’s growth and help reduce poverty
Panama will consolidate reforms needed to ensure the sustainability of its energy supplies, underpin economic growth and reduce poverty with financial and technical support from the Inter-American Development Bank.
The [...]
Swiss to Help Minas Prepare E-waste Diagnosis
Monday, March 9th, 2009The government of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state wants to regulate waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE, or “e-waste” or “e-scrap”), and with their new state waste policy law, they have ample authority to do so. There’s just one problem: they are not sure of the full extent and nature of the e-waste problem in [...]
Update: Easier Buying Recycled
Friday, March 6th, 2009Parana’s public entities will finally get their recycled paper products.
A few months ago I posted about the problems the southern Brazilian state was experiencing in its pioneering efforts to stimulate recycling by requiring all state agencies, entities and offices to buy only paper products with high recycled post-consumer fiber content (50%).
A November 2007 law said [...]
Parana to Tetra-Pak: Fulfill Your Commitments
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009Just seven months ago Paraná’s Environment Secretary, Rasca Rodrigues, was singing the praises of aseptic packaging producer Tetra Pak for its implementation of a deal negotiated in 2007 concerning the firm’s responsibility for the waste problem in the state related to its packaging. Now he’s charging them with failing to live up to their [...]
30 Million Pesos to Clean Up the Matanza-Riachuelo / 30 millones de pesos para sanear la Cuenca Matanza-Riachuelo
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Argentina’s Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development (SAyDS), Bibiloni Homer, just signed agreements with the mayors of municipalities located in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, through which federal authorities will provide around 30 million pesos for the establishment of cooperative efforts to clean up trash dumps around the Basin as well as the Basin’s feed-in streams.
The Long-Suffering [...]