At a time when food insecurity affects more than 60 million Brazilians, volunteers from the Recicla Nação project, from Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, were at Praça da Cruz Vermelha, downtown Rio, this Friday (15), to distribute breakfast, socks and blankets to people in extremely vulnerable situations living in the region. In total, the action impacted around 100 people. 

Recicla Nação is an environmental education project that sends bottle caps and other solid plastic waste for recycling and allocates all proceeds to fund meals for socially vulnerable individuals. The project is an initiative of Flamengo's Social Responsibility Department, in partnership with Soul Ambiental (@soulambiental) and the Recomeçar Association (@recomecar_doe). In total, Recicla Nação has recycled more than 16 tons of solid waste, impacting more than 1.700 people in extremely vulnerable situations.

You can also support the Recicla Nação project by collecting bottle caps and depositing them in the collection points located throughout the clubs or by delivering your bottle caps to the headquarters of the Associação Recomeçar, located at Rua Itacoatiara, 51, in Vista Alegre, Rio de Janeiro.