Rio’s Lixo Zero Littering Law Postponed
The implementation of a new law introducing heavy fines for littering in Rio de Janeiro, which should have come into...
July 2, 2013Topic
Jardim Gramacho
The Closing of Jardim Gramacho Landfill
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The first time I went to the Gramacho landfill, about three...
June 5, 2012
Jardim Gramacho Landfill Closes: Daily
Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho landfill, Latin America’s largest covering a land mass of 1.3 million square meters, is officially...
June 3, 2012
The End of Jardim Gramacho Landfill: Daily
Latin America’s largest landfill site, Jardim Gramacho in Duque de Caixas, is set to shut down on May 6th, in...
April 14, 2012
Rio Faces Challenge of Recycling: Daily
The city that will host the Rio+20, the UN conference on sustainable development, in June, recycles only three percent of...
March 25, 2012
Garbage Outgrowing Rio’s Landfill
By Oliver Bazely, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Close to the international airport, a few kilometers outside the...
October 26, 2010