Lula signs decrees to encourage work by collectors of recyclable materials

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Government announced the recreation of the Pró-Catador program, extinguished by Jair Bolsonaro in 2020, and the issuance of recycling credit certificates. Lula speaks at a ceremony for signing decrees for recyclable material collectors TV Brasil/Reproduction President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) signed this Monday (13) two decrees aimed at encouraging the work of recyclable material collectors. According to the government, the decrees signed during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace establish: Diogo Sant’ana Pro-Catadoras and Collectors Program for Popular Recycling (Pró-Catador); Recycling credit certificate; Certificate of structuring and recycling of packaging in general; Future mass credit. The vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin, the first lady, Janja, former president Dilma Rousseff and the president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, were at the event. At least ten ministers also attended. In a speech after signing the decrees, Lula stated that the collectors “cannot settle for the few things that we sometimes offer”. “As much as we make a decree and a law, it will certainly not meet everything you want. In one, two weeks, you will discover that the decree is not enough, you want more. And if you demand it, the government will realize what he needs to do”, said Lula. “This is the first step of a very long journey that we have to take so that you are transformed into full citizens”, he continued. A recyclable material picker was among the “characters” who represented the Brazilian people at Lula’s inauguration ceremony and passed the presidential sash to him, in the absence of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Remember in the video below: Learn the story of Aline Souza, waste picker and law student who put the presidential sash on Lula Diogo Sant’Ana The government has informed that the Diogo Sant’ana program reestablishes the Pró-Catador. Lawyer, Doctor of Law, Sant’ana died in 2020 in Florianópolis (SC). He worked in the Lula and Dilma Rousseff governments and was active in developing policies aimed at encouraging the work of recyclable material collectors. Campaign promises The recreation of the Pró-Catador was one of the first acts determined by Lula after taking office as president, last month. The program was created in 2010, during Lula’s second presidential term, and brought together actions to support low-income workers who collected reusable and recyclable materials. The program decree was revoked in 2020 by then-president Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Along with the return of the program, the government announced the formation of a committee of ministries to discuss actions to include waste pickers. Lula also revoked Recicla+, a program launched last year by Bolsonaro, which created recycling credit certificates.

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