São Paulo city shelters a population of more than 11 million people that collectively generate approximately 9,500 tonnes of domestic waste on a daily basis. Only 1.18% of this total is recycled. According to the department of urban cleaning, LIMPURB, 7% of all recyclable material is collected, a mere 41,000 tonnes a year.
Along with the [...]

The community Parque do Gato (the Cat’s park) has faced many changes since it was born as a favela, in 1975. Thanks to the debris of wood and nails left behind by the general São Paulo population, the favela was first spawned and built, before it turned into a dweller’s community in 2004. Now, a [...]