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They make a difference: know "green" initiatives in Brazil

Green initiatives such as those of collectors and other environmental agents have an important role in the development of sustainability. The street cleaning, recycling and recovery of materials contribute to a city like São Paulo, for example, which produces 170,000 tons of waste per day.

The collectors, actually, are responsible for 90% of everything that is recycled in the capital city of São Paulo, according to figures of the Pimp My Cart - a project devised to transform the carts of garbage collectors in works of art and so raise their self esteem giving public visibility to the collectors.

Sérgio Bispo, collector of recyclable material, works for about 12 hours a day. Quite aware of the importance of his job, Bispo attends the Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to discuss the progress of this kind of work in the chain of reusable waste in urban centers.

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Original video in portuguese (vídeo original em português)