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Bengaluru’s garment boom leaves a toxic trail

Bengaluru faces a mounting crisis as it struggles to manage overwhelming volumes of textile waste, according to a new Institute for Social and Economic Change study. The research underscores the urgent need for the city to transition towards a circular economy model to address this growing environmental challenge. Leia a …

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Households band together to turn leftovers into community gold: This is just the beginning

Dane County’s new food scrap collection program has already enrolled over 1,000 households and diverted more than 50 tons of waste from landfills. “This program is about climate action that starts at home,” says County Executive Melissa Agard, highlighting how it reduces methane emissions while creating valuable compost through public-private …

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Mission couple finds missing wedding rings in landfill

After losing her wedding rings in the trash, Jeannine Van Ysseldyk and her husband Steve embarked on an unlikely treasure hunt through the heaps of compost at Mission Sanitary Landfill. With the help of excavator operator Denny Webster, the determined couple sifted through mountains of waste until they miraculously recovered …

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A year after axing waste-charging scheme, is Hong Kong better off?

Hong Kong’s community recycling stations are showing promising results, with Green@Kwai Tsing now collecting 60 tonnes of recyclables monthly—triple its 2019 volume. Officials view growing recycling participation and declining trash volumes as environmental wins, though critics argue these metrics don’t tell the complete story. The COVID-19 pandemic served as a …

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Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve

Plastic waste in Australia surged to 3.2 million tonnes in 2023-24, with recycling rates stagnating at just 14.1% despite the waste volume doubling since 2005. Packaging accounts for 39% of all plastic waste, highlighting a systemic issue that experts insist cannot be solved through recycling alone but requires fundamental changes …

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