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Rio Lixo Zero to Impose Fines for Littering

By Maria Lopez Conde, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Dropping an empty soda can on the busy streets of Copacabana could earn you a pricey R$157 fine this year, as Rio de Janeiro will...

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Rio Starts Issuing Littering Fines: Daily

By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio’s “Lixo Zero” (Zero Trash) program went into full swing last Tuesday, after being postponed in July. The anti-littering campaign,...

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Rock in Rio 2013 Second Week to Begin

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Amidst sunny weather, a euphoric audience and world-class musical performances, the first weekend of Rock in Rio 2013 was deemed a...

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Waste Production in Brazil Grew 29 Percent in 11 Years

By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The production of garbage in Brazilian households has grown by 29 percent between 2003 and 2014, while the population only grew...

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Rio Task Forces Collects 28 Tons of Rubbish in Guanabara Bay

By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Accompanying the sailing test event from last week (August 15th-22nd), a task force with eco-boats collected 28 tons of...

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Rio Removes 61 Tons of Garbage After Weekend of Blocos

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With more than one hundred blocos and over 800,000 revelers taking over the streets of Rio this past weekend, the city's sanitation...

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Rio Collects 486 Tons of Garbage During Carnival

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With official festivities over, the city of Rio de Janeiro starts to consolidate the data for the 2018 Carnival season. With an...

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Toxic Water Seeps From Norwegian Mining Site in Brazil’s Amazon

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After almost a week of denials by both Hydro Alunorte and Para state officials, experts from Brazil’s Health Ministry confirmed that...

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Analysis: The four sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the race to curb the climate emergency, the global debate has focused on replacing dirty energy sources, like coal and oil, with clean ones, like solar and wind. But while...

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Brazil’s Ambipar announced new IPO

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ambipar will spin-off its waste management and treatment subsidiary, Environmental ESG, for a company IPO. The announcement came yesterday, Augsut 19, when Ambipar detailed...

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