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Elangovan E.V. filed a complaint with the Chennai Corporation about public health issues caused by a decentralised waste management facility in a residential area of Kilpauk on December 30, 2019. Link to full article
Mais »New technique could accelerate waste-to-methane production
In a recent study, environmental engineering master‘s student Bappi Chowdhury and his colleagues found that adding conductive materials to the waste products could potentially turn them into a reliable feedstock, allowing for a production rate of up to 70 percent more biomethanea renewable energy sourcefrom a mixture of fat, oil …
Mais »When recycling fails, how will we deal with the tonnes of plastic waste we produce?
Recycling may feel good, but in practice, it often just means dumping plastic in Southeast Asia for other countries to deal with. And when they cant, plastic often ends up in landfill anyway. So how to remedy the situation? Link to full article
Mais »Danish company Too Good To Go eyes new American front against global food waste
App has saved more than 5,000 bags of Starbucks leftovers in Poland Link to full article
Mais »How student, 19, is empowering women and tackling Indias industrial waste crisis at the same time
A Loughborough student is balancing her university life with helping women cross cultural barriers and get jobs in her home city of Mumbai. Link to full article
Mais »Recycling robot ‘Daisy‘ part of Apple‘s effort to end mining for resources
Apple‘s efforts to improve its recycling has an end goal of becoming a "closed-loop" manufacturer in the future, an extremely difficult goal to accomplish, and one that would end the need to mine for new materials if achieved by the iPhone maker. Link to full article
Mais »Recycling is becoming so expensive that some towns dont know what to do
WESTFIELD On a recent afternoon here, with urgency in the air, local officials huddled to consider what until recently was unthinkable. Should they abandon their popular curbside recycling program? Or spend millions to build a plant to process plastic and paper on their own? Link to full article
Mais »Your next pair of sneakers could be made from coffee
Coffee is a big deal. While just a handful of countries dominate production, its consumed in vast amounts almost everywhere on the planet: around 2 billion cups are drunk every day. Link to full article
Mais »Mobile QUBE Renewable Anaerobic Digestion Tech to Tackle Delhis Air Quality Crisis
Somerset, UK based transportable anaerobic digestion specialist, QUBE Renewables, is working on a project in India with Haryana University to install fifty QUBES in the paddy fields of the Punjab in a bid to tackle Delhis air quality crisis. Link:
Mais »Indian Government to tighten restrictions on the import of mixed papers
The Indian Government is set to enforce restrictions on imports of mixed paper in a crackdown on the import of contaminated and illegal waste. Link:
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