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Sao Paulo [Brazil], Aug 16 (ANI): Acknowledging the importance of urban environmental management for improving quality of life in cities, the Environment Ministers of BRICS countries on Friday agreed to work together to resolve the multifaceted environmental issues faced by BRICS cities. Link: https://www.aninews.in/news/world/others/brics-nations-come-together-for-urban-environmental-management20190816193709/

One of the world’s most ambitious recycling programs is getting underway in Australia. A new government policy aims to cut the export of plastic waste and at the same time boost local business. Link: https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/asia-minute-australia-s-recycling-shift#stream/0

BANGUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s crackdown on imported foreign waste has upset the village of Bangun, where residents say they earn more money sorting through piles of garbage than growing rice in once-lush paddy fields. Link: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-asia-waste-indonesia-farmers/cash-for-trash-indonesia-village-banks-on-waste-recycling-idUKKCN1V52KM

Many apartment complexes and layouts in Bengaluru have large gardens with flowering plants and trees. A lot of yellowingdry leaves fall to ground everyday in such gardens, and these are swept away regularly. Link: http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/bengaluru-bellandur-apartment-compost-pits-garden-waste-savings-36448

Recycling household products can be a simple way to help the environment – but it‘s not always straightforward. Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49280709

A £130m collaboration contract between three companies has been signed, confirming plans to open up 11 new plastic recycling sites across the UK using pioneering technology to convert unrecyclable plastic into hydrogen. Link: https://resource.co/article/11-waste-plastic-hydrogen-plants-proposed-uk

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MRW talks to global packaging giant Tetra Pak about its recycling concerns. Link: https://www.mrw.co.uk/knowledge-centre/qa-tetra-paks-gavin-landeg/10036271.article

Actions to reduce these highly potent pollutants help avoid crossing important thresholds, such as a 1.5°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels, and potential climatic tipping points, which will affect poor and vulnerable communities first and worst. Link: https://www.wri.org/publications/reducing-SLCPs

STAMFORD — Fewer than 30 percent of plastic bottles are recycled in the United States. The maker of one of the most-popular bottled-water brands says it has identified one of the main reasons: customer confusion. Link: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Nestle-Waters-launches-Instagram-recycling-14329019.php