This Decree establishes the National Programme for Investment in Popular Recycling (Pronarep), with the aim of providing financial, technical, structural, economic and social support to individual and self-employed waste pickers of reusable and recyclable materials, cooperatives, associations, networks or other forms of popular organisation throughout the national territory. The objectives of Pronarep are: to promote simplified access to resources for individual and self-employed waste pickers of reusable and recyclable materials, cooperatives, associations, networks, or other forms of popular organisation; to support the organisation and structuring of vulnerable groups, including waste pickers living on the streets, working in landfills, or in the initial process of formalising selective collection; to strengthen self-management models through ongoing technical assistance, management training, and institutional support; promote access to credit, social technologies and innovation, and foster infrastructure, training, professional development plans and comprehensive social protection for waste pickers; encourage the eradication of landfills in a humane and inclusive manner; ensure the socioeconomic inclusion of recyclable material collectors, in accordance with Law No. 12.305 of 2 August 2010, with an emphasis on structuring, industrialising recycling and generating decent income; strengthen the circular economy with waste pickers playing a leading role, by valuing their strategic role in the sustainable management of municipal solid waste, including dry and organic recyclables; and ensure the democratisation of knowledge, socio-environmental justice and self-management as the foundations of popular recycling. The beneficiaries of Pronarep are: collectors of reusable and recyclable materials who work as individuals, including those who are not organised or who work in landfills or on the streets; informal groups in the process of organising selective collection, assisted by qualified entities or specific public notices; and legal entities constituted in the form of cooperatives, associations, networks or other forms of popular organisation of collectors of reusable and recyclable materials.
Brésil · 2025-12-19