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SHANGHAI — Luo Qi used to be part of the problem. He would zip around Shanghai on a motorbike delivering some of the 3.3 million containers of takeout food and drinks that people here order every day. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/whats-that-hairy-crab-doing-in-your-recycling-shanghai-residents-struggle-with-new-trash-rules/2019/07/26/7b39c49e-a863-11e9-ac16-90dd7e5716bc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7bc42b61de8e

Do you have your reusable water bottlepersonal coffee mug today? Many of us have converted to the sanity of bringing these with us wherever we go, but apparently not all. Link: https://www.prpeak.com/community/let-s-talk-trash-are-disposable-cups-garbage-1.23899805

Producing one ton of UBQ material is equivalent to stopping the melting of 35 square-meters of arctic ice. Link: https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Environment/Israeli-recycling-technology-aims-to-revolutionize-global-waste-597012

The Manta Project empezará a recoger residuos en el océano en 2023 Link: https://www.traveler.es/experiencias/articulos/the-manta-project-sea-cleaners/15788

La organización tiene más de 15 años. De ella participan 100 trabajadores que van todos los días a al predio de José León Suárez y aseguran ganar 12 mil pesos por mes. Se acaba de estrenar un documental que cuenta su historia Link: https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2019/07/28/la-cooperativa-que-funciona-en-el-ceamse-y-recicla-15-toneladas-de-residuos-por-dia-la-basura-recupera-a-muchos-chicos-de-la-droga/

The Manta Project empezará a recoger residuos en el océano en 2023 Link: https://www.traveler.es/experiencias/articulos/the-manta-project-sea-cleaners/15788

Republic Services of Phoenix announced its second-quarter financial earnings July 25, reporting revenue of 251.5 million for the three months ended June 30. Link: https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/republic-services-q2-earnings-call-don-slager/

Roughly US29 billion will be needed if the Shanghai trash-sorting program is implemented across nation Link: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/07/article/waste-management-potential-looms-large-in-china/

Commuters in Rome are exchanging used plastic bottles for Metro and bus tickets under a scheme the city’s mayor has called a first for Europe. Link: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/free-travel-tickets-for-romans-who-recycle-plastic-bottles-lqxkzhsdl

Siblings in Dubai have recycled around 15,000 kg of paper and 460 kg of plastic Link: https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/community/for-these-dubai-siblings-recycling-is-a-way-of-life-1.65390487