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By now, you‘ve probably seen photos of people panic buying groceries and shelves laid bare. In mid-March, you might have even been one of these panic buyers I certainly was. But weeks later, as pounds of beans and rice lay unused on shelves, many of us may be thinking "what …

By now, you‘ve probably seen photos of people panic buying groceries and shelves laid bare. In mid-March, you might have even been one of these panic buyers I certainly was. But weeks later, as pounds of beans and rice lay unused on shelves, many of us may be thinking "what …

In order to deal with our waste here in Europe in an environmentally sound way, appropriate capacity for both recycling and for treating residual waste must be made available. EWEP’s Dr Ella Stengler and Agné Razgaityté explore the implications of Green Deal on realising this. Link to full article

What if the fashion industry functioned like an ecosystem? In the way a plant grows with the help of sunlight, eventually decomposes back into soil and serves as a building block for future life, so too could our shirts, shorts and shoes. Link to full article

The two CBWTFs in Delhi are SMS Water Grace BMW Pvt Ltd in West Delhi’s Nilothi and Biotic Waste Solutions Pvt Ltd in Jahangirpuri, with an operational capacity of 12 and 34 tonnes per day respectively. Link to full article

Setting a great example in waste conservation, Vermont became the first state in the United States of America to prohibit food scraps in trash. Link to full article

The Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) has organised a group of industry partners to examine recycling of PET thermoform packaging. Link:

Basf has worked out a chemical recycling process for used mattresses which breaks down flexible polyurethane back to its two building blocks. Laboratory tests have successfully started at the Schwarzheide site in Brandenburg, Germany. Most mattresses are thrown away after an average of ten years, squandering resources and creating high …

Avid gardeners know that compost can add vital nutrients to soil used in gardens, container plants and lawns. The fact that compost is so versatile and nutrient-dense may not even be its most admirable quality. Made from items used in and around the house, compost costs just about nothing to …

Composting is a fantastic way to get rid of your waste without throwing it away to go into a dump. Link: