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Over the last few weeks, the leaders of several Southeast Asian nations have taken unusually strong measures to protect the environment of their countries. Almost in unison, leaders and senior government officials have threatened and then carried out the threat of returning illegal exports of garbage, most of it very …

“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you will return,” the Book of Genesis says. But what if instead of dust, your remains were composted into dirt? …

Smart waste management market is growing rapidly across the globe especially in urban regions. There has been a significance rise in waste management technology in the past few years in order to collect, dispose and manage the waste coming from various end-use industries. Link: https://amarketresearchgazette.com/smart-waste-management-market-report-examines-latest-trends-and-key-drivers-supporting-growth/

BVRio’s Pedro Moura Costa explains how the 3R initiative, backed by Danone, Veolia, Nestlé and Tetra Pak, and launched at this week’s Responsible Business Summit Europe, will put a value on the environmental services provided by waste pickers in countries like Brazil, India and Indonesia Link: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/how-big-brands-can-lead-tackling-global-plastics-waste-epidemic

Too much of it is ending up in landfillsfurnaces Link: https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/06/15/south-east-asian-countries-are-banning-imports-of-waste-for-recycling

Dozens of empty affordable homes built next to a hazardous waste site are now set to be filled with families on the housing list. Link: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/staffordshire/cannock/2019/06/13/homes-built-by-toxic-waste-site-set-to-be-filled-with-families/

The European Union, France, the World Bank, and the Palestinian Authority celebrated today the inauguration of Al-Fukhari (Sofa) sanitary landfill site near the city of Khan Younis. This strategic infrastructure project is the second largest landfill in the Gaza Strip. It will benefit almost half of Gaza population and will …

The PIRG Education Fund, Environment America Research and Policy Center and Frontier Group released the Composting in America report. Link: https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/composting-in-america-report-best-practices-pirg/

It’s interesting that an article published in a prestigious publication like Phys.org would have scientific errors when it comes to plastics. I was astonished (in a negative way) when I read this headline of an article dated May 29, 2019: “Scientists bioplastic for food packaging which degrades in two years.” …

An amendment to the Basel Convention will staunch the global flow of plastic waste, writes Tang Damin Link: https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/11305-Developing-countries-turn-away-from-plastic-waste-imports