In an eye-catching campaign, the US Composting Council and Composting Council Research and Education Foundation are working together to build awareness of the importance of keeping organics out of landfills to build healthier soils. Link: https://www.compostingcouncil.org/page/GiveOrganicsSecondLife
Mais »EREMA’s Counter Current Plastic Recycling Technology Up for Patent Office Award
EREMA’s Klaus Feichtinger & Manfred Hackl‘s ‘Higher-performance plastic recycling’ is among 15 finalists for the European Patent Office European Inventor Award 2019. Link: EREMA’s Klaus Feichtinger & Manfred Hackl’s ‘Higher-performance plastic recycling’ is among 15 finalists for the European Patent Office European Inventor Award 2019.
Mais »Solid waste management in Pakistan
Solid waste management situation in Pakistan is a matter of grave concern as more than 5 million people die each year due to waste-related diseases. In Pakistan roughly 20 million tons of solid waste is generated annually, with an annual growth rate of about 2.4 percent. Karachi, the largest city …
Mais »Trash-fired power plants wasted in India
Controversy mars India‘s ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not even generate appropriate waste to sustain these waste-to-energy plants Link: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/trash-fired-power-plants-wasted-in-india-63984
Mais »Encouraging recycling among households in Malaysia: Does deterrence matter?
To encourage recycling in Malaysian households, a waste separation at source programme was implemented that made it mandatory for households to sort their waste into different categories before leaving it out for collection. Penalties designed to act as a deterrent are imposed on households that fail to sort their waste …
Mais »TOMRA E-Book – Technically Possible to Produce Goods from 100 Recycled Plastics
TOMRA Sorting Recycling has published an e-book which it said shows that it is technically possible and economically worthwhile to produce goods from 100 recycled plastic. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/tomra-e-book-technically-possible-to-produce-goods-from-100-recycled-plastics
Mais »Characterisation of wastes collected from beaches, coastlines, marine surface cleaning processes and ships: A case study of Istanbul
Marine waste management is crucial for Istanbul because of the significant location for intercontinental transition, international trade, tourism, industry and shipping. This study is the first one realised in Turkey for the detailed characterisation of marine waste. Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0734242X19838619
Mais »Plastic waste in Antarctica reveals scale of global pollution – Greenpeace
Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, according to environmental group Greenpeace. Link: https://www.rte.ie/news/enviroment/2018/0607/968757-plastic-antarctic-greenpeace/
Mais »Report Identifies Top 10 Plastic Pollutants in Europe’s Rivers & Lakes
The top 10 types of consumer plastics polluting European freshwater lakes and rivers have been identified in a new report from Earthwatch Europe and Plastic Oceans UK. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/report-identifies-top-10-plastic-pollutants-in-europes-rivers-lakes
Mais »Before Tom’s of Maine could go zero waste, it had to figure out how to compost toothpaste
Every few months, the manufacturing facility might end up with 30,000-plus pounds of extra toothpaste. Now it has a good solution for it. Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90322411/before-toms-of-maine-could-go-zero-waste-it-had-to-figure-out-how-to-compost-toothpaste?partner=rss&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss&utm_source=%40BioCycle&utm_campa
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