VANESSA & MARCIO
Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 8 MIN · Brazil
“If we are not aware, everything ends up in nature.”
Vanessa and her husband Márcio live in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro. They watched pollution pile up in the canal feeding into their nearby river.
Inspired by Vanessa's mother, who recycled, they began collecting plastic waste from a nearby mangrove and canal during the pandemic.
Together they've recycled over 3,200 kg of plastic and now educate fishermen and neighbours on recycling and waste disposal.
A curator note — “They started during lockdown. They never stopped.”
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- PPaula· São Paulo · 3h
'If we are not aware, everything ends up in nature.' I've been thinking about this line all morning.
- DDiego· Rio de Janeiro · 6h
My mother used to do the same with the fishermen near Angra. Teaching is the quiet engine of all of this.
- LLuana· Niterói · 14h
They started during lockdown. Three years later the canal is measurably cleaner. That's the story.
