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Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with low-income and communities of color, I see incineration as a poor waste management option. Link: http://theconversation.com/is-burning-trash-a-good-way-to-handle-it-waste-incineration-in-5-charts-118665
Mais »Nigeria turns the tide on electronic waste
The Nigerian Government, the Global Environment Facility and UN Environment have announced a 15-million initiative to kick off a circular electronics system in Nigeria. Link: https://www.thegef.org/news/nigeria-turns-tide-electronic-waste
Mais »VTT to Add New Methods to the Plastics Recycling Chain
VTT is developing technology to complement a variety of mechanical recycling methods for plastics with chemical recycling based on pyrolysis. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/vtt-to-add-new-methods-to-the-plastics-recycling-chain
Mais »Make Waste World our new tourist attraction
Today I caught a glimpse of the future, and it involves some very large rotating drums. Link: https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/17722886.make-waste-world-our-new-tourist-attraction/
Mais »The Good News About Plastic Waste
People, globally, are innovating, creating new processes to use waste plastics and making new objects and art forms. Link: https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-good-news-about-plastic-waste/
Mais »Asia Stands up to ‘Waste Colonialism‘
Developing nations in Asia are no longer willing to receive metric tonnes of untreated, unsorted rubbish. Link: https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/asia-stands-up-to-waste-colonialism/
Mais »Among world‘s worst polluters, Asean vows to tackle ocean waste
With Southeast Asia awash in rubbish, from plastic-choked whales to trash-clogged canals, leaders are planning to push through a deal to fight maritime debris at a regional meeting this weekend. Link: https://m.news24.com/Green/News/among-worlds-worst-polluters-asean-vows-to-tackle-ocean-waste-20190622
Mais »The Good News About Plastic Waste
People, globally, are innovating, creating new processes to use waste plastics and making new objects and art forms. Link: https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-good-news-about-plastic-waste/
Mais »Device to trap plastic waste in Pacific Ocean relaunches
SAN FRANCISCO — A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in second attempt to clean up a huge island of trash swirling in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. Link: https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/06/22/device-to-trap-plastic-waste-in-pacific-ocean-relaunches/
Mais »European Waste-to-Energy plants continue to run at full capacities
As in the years before, CEWEP supported ecoprog in conducting a survey regarding the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) industry barometer 2018 and has encouraged its members to actively participate. Link: http://www.cewep.eu/ecoprog-barometer-2018/
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