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Choosing a Best indoor compost bin is a challenging task. There’s a world of difference between a good, and a bad product. One looks like they’re begging for change on the street,straight out of the woods, and the other looks more at place on the red carpets of Hollywood. We’ll …

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to make it mandatory for all new residential apartments to set up composting machineryelse building permissions will not be issued. Link: https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/hyderabad/new-apartments-may-have-to-do-composting-551636

Recycling is an increasingly important topic in a world faced by global warming and waste issues. And in Mexico, one group is beginning to look at ways to encourage proper waste management, through the very people who already depend on it for a living. Link: https://america.cgtn.com/2019/08/02/mexican-workers-find-a-livelihood-in-recycling

Verified Market Research has recently published a new report, titled E-waste Management Market size and Forecast 2026. The report has been put together using primary and secondary research methodologies, which offer an accurate and precise understanding of the E-waste Management market. Link: https://consumerreportsreview.com/e-waste-management-market-size-benefits-advancements-and-growth-opportunities-2019-to-2026/

On vacation in Europe over the past two weeks, I photographed some amazing sights. As my pictures show, even in crowded cities where cars line up for parking spaces, city planners have cordoned off extensive curbside space for the exclusive use of recycling collection. Link: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/08/03/eco-tip-contrasting-european-american-recycling/1905516001/

Finnish robotic waste sorting specialist, ZenRobotics, has installed four of its four Heavy Picker robot arms at Zanker Recycling’s C&D waste recycling facility In San Jose, California. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-four-zenrobotics-heavy-pickers-installed-at-california-c-d-recycling-plant

From the once pristine rivers of Hindu Kush to the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan is being smothered by plastic due to a lack of public awareness, government inertia and poor waste management. Link: From the once pristine rivers of Hindu Kush to the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan is being smothered …

With China no longer a market for our disposables, the stuff we recycle increasingly winds up in landfills anyway. Localities across California are struggling to cope—and hoping not to undo the decades of work that made household recycling a habit. Link: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/03/seabirds-eating-plastic-recyclers-struggling-this-is-what-californias-waste-crisis-looks-like/

With a 15 billion market for airline catering in 2017, it‘s more important than ever to start working on improving planning and logistics with regards to waste. Link: https://www.insider.com/airlines-battle-cabin-trash-flights-plastic-alternatives-2019-8

BANGKOK: The 10-member Asean bloc has reiterated its readiness to work with the international community to stop the illegal trans-boundary traffic of hazardous chemicals and wastes, in line with agreed international frameworks. Link: https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/08/509603/we-are-not-your-waste-dumping-ground-asean-tells-world