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Responding to the simultaneous growth of community environmental stewardship attitudes, growing mountains of landfill pollution and emergence of services to help people recycle and compost, two local businesses have formed a partnership to promote sustainability in an easy and affordable manner. Link to full article

BENGALURU: With spring round the corner, thousands of trees across the city are already shedding leaves, littering roads and private/public spaces. Link to full article

Aiming to reduce the waste right at the sourceat the households and also to awareness about environment-friendly methods, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has been encouraging home composting methods among the citizens in the city. Link to full article

Trinidad and Tobago’s blazing landfill fires which cause toxic smoke and fumes may actually have their origins in our very own kitchen bins. Link:

Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is contemplating to find out the effectiveness of manures produced from compost. The NKDA has installed two machines at two of its markets in this regard. Link:

“Having to treat child car seats as waste is scandalous and is extremely frustrating for councils and parents." Link:

An emergency situation these days is when the battery runs low on the Smart phone. Link:

Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Birmingham claim progress on recycling plant-based plastics such as PLA. Link:

Germans are world leaders in recycling, but one city has decided more needs to be done to protect the environment. Link:

Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and Co-founder of compostable packaging producer TIPA, calls for a significant investment in facilities capable of dealing with compostable packaging to address the problems posed by plastic packaging Link: