Tag: Recycling

José Marcolino and family by Sérgio Tomizaki/Agência Meios

Recycling in Brazil Becomes Ticket Out of Poverty and Inspires World

When he was unemployed, after years working as a welder, 49-year-old José Marcolino da ...

An Ambitious Brazilian Program to Recycle 5,000 Computers a Year

Around 500 machines, including computers, printers, monitors, and other equipment, were delivered recently to ...

Brazil’s Recycling Map Shows Close to 2,500 Firms Working in the Sector

Brazil has today 2,361 companies operating in the recycling sector, amongst recyclers, scrap dealers, ...

Brazilian Trash Pickers Get Rid of Middlemen With Their Own Recycling Plant

Big populations generate a lot of waste. Modern big societies generate a huge amount ...

48% of Brazilian Containers Are Recycled

Brazil is a global standard for the recycling of materials, according to the executive ...

Netherlands and Belgium Will Help Brazil Recycle Rubble

Brazil’s Ministry of Science and Technology’s Mineral Technology Center (Cetem) is beginning a project ...