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The Nation (Nairobi) reports that all local authorities have been instructed to carry out awareness campaigns before banning plastic bags. In the meantime, the Nairobi City Council has been directed to go slow on the ban as residents get more information on how to comply. Local Government minister Musikari Kombo …

A businessman from Toronto and a lawyer from Ottawa hope their new workplace composting system will be an environmentally friendly — even productivity-enhancing — solution to office-generated organic wastes. "Almost no offices, even the most progressive ones, have picked up on office composting," said Rodney Wilts, founding director of Ottawa-based …

Washington Post reports that during a public hearing this week, environmentalists, grocery store representatives and others debated a proposed ordinance banning the use of plastic bags by Annapolis retailers. Supporters of the legislation, introduced by Alderman Sam Shropshire (D-Ward 7), said it would help reduce the environmental impact of discarded …

More than 50 million of primary types of batteries were produced in Indonesia annually. Primary types of batteries are commonly used for many appliances and are still increasing in Indonesia. Secondary batteries are also rising due to the increase usage of cell phone, laptop, and other portable devices. With the …

Over 180 local authorities have now changed their collection systems so that the collection of material for recycling and/or composting alternates on a weekly basis with residual waste for landfill or incineration. These systems, which are diverse in their detailed design, have become known collectively as Alternate Weekly Collections (AWC). …

Highly efficient fluorescent light bulbs are widely touted as environmentally friendly, but they have created a recycling headache for the EPA and local governments. More often than not, their toxic ingredients simply end up in landfills, where the chemicals can leach into soil and water and poison fish and other …

Waikato Times reports that cutting rubbish dumping by 60 per cent was a factor behind a hat trick of industry awards for Fonterra‘‘s Hautapu factory. At the annual Dairy Industry Quality Performance Awards in Wellington on June 20. Fonterra Hautapu collected the Ecolab Eco-Efficiency Award for its environmental and waste …

Australian federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revived plans to slug consumers with charges to cover the cost of recycling computers, government officials have revealed. recycling levy An advance disposal fee would be among a range of measures Australian IT reports that the Department of Environment and Water has confirmed …

Together with Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co. in Japan has developed a high-efficiency thermal storage and transport system called "ThermoWay". Japan for Sustainability reports that successful middle-distance transport experiments were recently conducted on public roads, and the system has entered the final demonstration phase before moving toward commercial scale …

Resident pushes stroller past pile of rubbish in Naples. The city‘‘s landfill sites are full and rubbish is overflowing in the streets The US embassy in Rome has warned American tourists that they may face health risks if they travel to Naples, because of the city‘‘s rubbish crisis. The streets …