She also set up a commercial composting worm farm where proceeds from selling worm products helped fund the breeding of insects and this is where an interest grew in soil microbes within the worm castings. Link to full article
Mais »How Can U.S. Composting Scale? Composting Consortium Launches New Report and Partners with Composters and Municipalities to Scale Organics Infrastructure Across the U.S.
Municipalities and composters play a critical role in developing robust composting infrastructure and collection programs that divert organics from landfill. Link to full article
Mais »CEO of first Nevada human composting facility talks opening in Las Vegas
Human composting was first legalized in Washington in 2019, and 11 other states have followed suit. Nevada legalized it last year in 2023. Link to full article
Mais »Urban food waste for soil amendment? Analysis and characterisation of waste-based compost for soil fertility management in agroecological horticultural production systems in the city of Rosario, Argentina
Urban and peri-urban lands have potential for local, sustainable food production, but their soils are often degraded or unsafe due to human activity. This study examines how compost made from urban and industrial organic waste can help restore soil for agroecological farming. Link to full article
Mais »Zero waste: Stakeholders tasked on sustainable plastic waste management in Nigeria
Green consumerism and behavioural change on the part of Nigerians are some of measures that need to be adopted in achieving secularity and, until we entrench these into our waste management systems, we are just scratching the surface. Link to full article
Mais »How to Identify Which Plastics You Can Recycle
Some plastics are destined for the recycling bin while others should be tossed into the trash. Link to full article
Mais »DR Congo woman creates jobs recycling plastics
In Goma, a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a woman-led recycling company is tackling plastic pollution, and creating jobs for some of the country’s millions of internally displaced people. Zanem Nety Zaidi takes us inside this entrepreneur’s business. Link to full article
Mais »Try our quiz: Plastic waste by the numbers
Plastic is everywhere. How much do you know about it? Try our six question quiz to see how close you can get to the actual numbers about the state of the plastic waste crisis. Link to full article
Mais »Compostable Coffee Pod Improves Sustainability and Flavor
New England Coffee’s new capsule made from three biopolymers bypasses landfill and acts as a drip-like filter to enhance the brew’s flavor. Link to full article
Mais »Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange join forces to track textile waste
Fashion for Good and Textile Exchange launched the Tracing Textile Waste Project, a two-year multi-stakeholder initiative to harmonise data and systems capabilities in the reverse supply chain. Link to full article
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