São Paulo’s Forest Foundation (FF), linked to the state’s Secretariat of Infrastructure and Environment, this week unveiled the Mar Sem Lixo project (“Garbage-free Sea”), with incentives for environmental services. The initiative benefits artisanal shrimp trawlers who collect garbage from the sea while fishing, with payments of approximately $126.28 a month on a meal card.
The project includes fishermen working in the municipalities of Cananeia, Itanhaém, and Ubatuba, across environmental protection areas Litoral Sul, Litoral Centro, and Litoral Norte. More municipalities along the coast of São Paulo should be covered in the future.
The project should “encourage the removal of solid waste from the sea environment, as garbage in the sea is an old problem.” An estimated 12 million tons of garbage are discharged into the sea every year worldwide, the foundation reported…