Pastoral da Ecologia Integral, FUNASA and Rotary International promote ecological mutirão in Ecobarreira do Rio Atuba

The Pastoral Care of Integral Ecology of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, FUNASA, and Rotary International District 4730 held a joint ecological cleanup at the Ecobarreira do Rio Atuba on September 26, 2026. Participants collected waste from the riverbed, the containment barrier, and the preservation area of the Parque Esponja.

The group met with environmentalist Diego Saldanha to observe the operations of the Ecobarreira, which he created in 2016. The site uses a conveyor belt, a bridge, and a sorting warehouse to send collected materials to local recycling cooperatives. The teams also viewed a residential eco-sewage system developed by Saldanha as a model for decentralized ecological sanitation.