Just over three years after its launch, the 3R Initiative which was founded by BVRio, Verra, Nestlé, Danone, Tetra Pak and others, has transformed from an idea to help solve the problem of plastic pollution into a fully functioning market-based approach.

BVRio Director of Forestry and Public Policy Beto Mesquita, joined the re-start of the Fórum Florestal Fluminense (FFF), one of the ten regional forums of the Forest Dialogue, an initiative which brings together environmentalists, researchers, indigionous peoples, and companies from the forest-based sector.