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Plastic has its place, and that place is not in the environment. We want to keep this valuable material where it should be – in the circular economy, where it can be reused, recycledcomposted. Link to full article

Tamale waste treatment plant The government of Ghana represented by the Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Salifu Saeed has cut the sod for the commencement of construction work for solid and liquid waste treatment plants for the people of Gbalahi in Tamale Metropolitan Area. Link to full article

Finding common ground on the benefits and drawbacks of banninglimiting organics disposal in favor of diversion through compostingdigestion Link to full article

Forget charity — the big move to go green starts at home. Take our quiz to see how green you and your family are. Link to full article

This is the second Waste Atlas Report. After one year, 800 users of the Waste Atlas mobile app, more than 1,000 contributors, 5,500 downloads and 10,000 unique users of Waste Atlas, we are happy to a second emblematic report dedicated to the 50 biggest active dumpsites of the world Link …

Municipalities are discovering a recycling market in crisis as they solicit contract bids from haulers for the first time in years. Link to full article

British architectural photography studio Hufton + Crow has released new images of the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)-designed Amager Bakke, a combined heat-and-power waste-to-energy power plant on the industrial outskirts of Copenhagen that famously doubles as a vertiginous outdoor urban recreational hub—a hub that’s no doubt getting plenty of good use …

A common complaint of the grumpy middle-aged European academic is the creeping Americanisation of language. An example often cited is ‘garbage’, although the pedants amongst us know that garbage was originally an English word that went to America with the pilgrims on the Mayflower and has only recently come back …

Hubbub has launched its annual Halloween campaign, ‘Eat Your Pumpkin’, to educate the public on reducing seasonal food waste. Link to full article

The Environment Agency has announced that a consignment of 21 waste containers, which was illegally shipped to Sri Lanka in 2017, has been successfully repatriated to its point of origin in the UK.e all the water sources. Link to full article