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India’s waste management crisis is the elephant in the room. While there has been a lot of focus on waste segregation and cleanliness, the core problems of India’s waste management continue to remain sidelined. Urban local bodies across the country dispose off huge amounts of unprocessed waste in landfills. Link …

The Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded Tennessee-based startup Enexor BioEnergy a contract on behalf of the Navy to convert the service’s waste into renewable energy. Link to full article

While recycling currently contributes only a fraction of waste repurposing, global innovators and industry leaders are finding new ways to turn it into sustainable materialsfuels. Link to full article

Sri Lanka’s largest publicly listed power company Windforce aims to fast-track the development of the Karadiyana Waste to Energy Power Plant. The company signed a Share Sale and Purchase agreement with Fairway Holdings for a controlling stake in Fairway Waste Management. Link to full article

Schaeffler UK‘s plant in Sheffield has the aim to recycle as much waste as possible. By the end of 2020 the Sheffield site had achieved 97 reduction of waste to landfill. Link to full article

Students of the USF St. Petersburg installed an innovative system that will naturally break down non-edible food on campus – the first of its kind at a Florida university. Link to full article

Converting organic waste to solid biofuel usually requires a large investment and operation cost. Kinava says it‘s new technology of Hybrid Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) costs only 1/3 of utilities and energy compared to conventional drying technology. Link to full article

A new report from The City College of New York states that waste to energy plays a key role in the reduction of greenhouse gases and complements recycling efforts. Link to full article

Are you a business that believes in reuse? Join other businesses like you to demand systems change and see reuse become a reality in Europe. Link to full article

The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has warned that increased tax rates will affect the UK’s ability to meet net-zero targets, as they will impact anaerobic digestion (AD) operators. Link to full article