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In 1999, two companies, a group of long-term unemployed and abfallvermeider (waste-avoiders?) founded a network. Today it includes 43 companies in the Vienna area, who repair everything from leather gloves to dishwashers. Wienerzeitung reports that each year a total of 73,000 items are repaired for more than 4,400 customers, saving …

Channel News Asia (CNA) reports that a new $6 million (GBP1.9 m) recycling plant has just opened its doors in Singapore, and it is launching a buy-back scheme for used plastic bottles. Residents will get one cent for every two plastic bottles, or 20 cents for a kilogramme. KK Asia …