Two of the nine waste cooperatives that BVRio is helping to professionalise in Rio de Janeiro have started receiving support to digitise their waste flow through the Kolekt app.

Often deemed hard to recycle, beverage cartons are the focus of a new initiative run by Kolekt and BVRio in partnership with Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam (PRO Vietnam). The project will not only provide a recycling solution, but will also deliver additional income to around 200 informal waste pickers.