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city-based entrepreneur has successfully developed a biomass-run generator as a major step towards promoting renewable sources of energy. The generator developer, Rajesh Garg, told NewsPost India ‘‘We have designed, developed and made operational a power generating set run on 100 percent biogas and industrial waste gas-based engines. We have also …

While many countries have banned the lowly plastic shopping bag for its unenvironmentally-friendly longevity, plastic bags remain stubbornly common in otherwise green-conscious Sweden. SR International reports that the trouble is, through a modest charge paid by shoppers for each plastic bag, the polythene menace has become a money-earner for major …

Jaoan for Sustainability (JfS) reports that the Aomori Ecological Recycle Industrial Association in Japan started manufacturing a road de-icing agent that employs large amounts of scallop shells generated as a seafood processing by-product in Aomori Prefecture. It started production in March 2007 and plans to process 6,000 tons of scallop …

AllAfrica.com, citing the Kampala Monitor, reports that faced with a ban on the production of thin but convenient polythene bags, consumers and manufacturers have adopted new innovative ways to overcome the hurdle. The latter have increased the thickness of the bags, while maintaining the original design and specifications as the …

Picture yourself standing in front of two large bins. You‘‘re looking to dispose of a plastic bottle, from which you‘‘ve just sipped 20 fluid ounces of beautifully packaged tap water. One of the bins before you is full of candy wrappers, some cardboard, a banana peel. Fruit flies flit above …

As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers

As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers

As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers

As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers

As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers