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CARAPAC was born out of the University of Sydney’s “Inventing the Future” program, which calls on highly capable graduate students from various disciplines to come together to find solutions to pressing world issues. Link: https://www.foodmag.com.au/saving-the-world-from-plastic-one-crustacean-at-a-time/

A Path to Eliminate Waste, Revitalize Soil and Tackle Global Warming Link: https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/composting-america?utm_source=%40BioCycle&utm_campaign=49fffd6d98-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_20_03_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54de51a9ab-49fffd6d98-294294185

It is pretty easy to tell if you are healthy. You go to the doctor and they test your blood pressure, weight and every couple of years you get a blood panel. There are even tools to make sure you stay healthy. I recently read that if you eat well …

Waste Not offers customers packaging free food and cleaning product refills into their own containers, alongside a wide range of every day alternatives to help them lead a minimal waste lifestyle. Link: https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/17703551.minimal-waste-shop-celebrates-first-anniversary/

KOTA KINABALU: All landfills in Sabah will use cell technology and leachate treatment methods under a RM130 million allocation to improve and enhance solid waste management in the state. Link: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/06/495992/waste-management-sabah-go-hi-tech

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