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As one of the recycling world‘s oldest publications celebrates its 60th year, Editor Nora Goldstein spoke about the evolution of organics recycling and its role in the climate crisis. Link: https://www.wastedive.com/news/biocycle-food-waste-recycling-no-regrets-climate-solution/551273/

Polluting energy from waste (EfW) incinerators have been consigned to the past, a report published by the waste industry has suggested this week. Link: https://www.airqualitynews.com/2018/06/07/waste-industry-report-defends-clean-and-green-incinerators/

It’s that time of year again when the grass gets greener, the trees spring back to life and University of Massachusetts students make their way out of their dorms for the first time since fall. The grass starts to get greener through help from UMass’ Grounds department, its Landscapes Services …

Two brothers from Eden have created a new business that turns fish waste into compost and solved an ongoing problem facing the community at Bega Valley boat ramps. Link: https://aboutregional.com.au/eden-brothers-turning-fish-waste-into-compost-ocean2earth/

Laws aren’t always enough. It took education and leadership at many levels, but the people of San Fernando, Philippines, cleaned up their city. Link: https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2019/0423/From-trash-in-the-streets-to-model-city-How-to-get-communities-to-zero-waste

Waste2Tricity Limited, the development partner of PowerHouse Energy Group plc has concluded negotiations and signed a lease agreement for its first waste to hydrogen site with Peel Environmental. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/lease-agreement-for-plastic-waste-to-hydrogen-firms-first-site-in-cheshire

The ghosts of the Ruaraka land saga have refused to disappear and have resurfaced to haunt top state officials in an audit that unmasks massive irregularities in the Sh3.3 billion land purchase. Link: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-04-23-ruaraka-land-ghost-return-to-haunt-top-officials/

Among the latest developments are formation of Green Sports Alliance Japan, and commercialization of a compostable peanut bag. Link: https://www.biocycle.net/2018/06/07/green-sports-alliance-update-2018/

London based PLASTIC ENERGY, which has developed a process to recycle difficult to recycle plastic waste on a commercial scale, has reached an agreement with the province of West Java, Indonesia, to build five chemical recycling plants. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/plastic-energy-to-develop-five-chemical-plastic-recycling-plants-in-indonesia

There’s little doubt that electric vehicles are the future and hydrogen fuel cells offer great advantages. Unfortunately, hydrogen is costly to produce and transport. PowerHouse Energy believes the answer is a distributed waste to hydrogen network. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-cracking-the-hydrogen-conundrum-with-wastes