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Following the recent news that India will follow China and tighten its laws around importing plastic waste, Stephen Cameron, business development manager at SWRnewstar, asks &8220who&8217s next to ban plastic waste imports from the UK?&8221 Link: https://ciwm-journal.co.uk/china-india-whos-next-to-ban-plastic-waste-imports-from-the-uk/

Scotland generated 5.5 more waste in 2017 when compared to 2016, according to new figures. Of this waste, 142,195 more tonnes of waste was recycled, yet the increase in waste generated means the country’s recycling rate has decreased 0.2 percentage points from 2016 to 58.9. Link: https://ciwm-journal.co.uk/slight-decline-in-scotlands-recycling-as-waste-generated-increases/

The European Parliament has strongly endorsed the Single-Use Plastics Directive in its plenary meeting on Wednesday. The last outstanding step for the Directive‘s final adoption is now its approval by the Council of Ministers. Link: https://www.euwid-recycling.com/news/business/single/archive/2019/march/Artikel/strong-support-for-single-use-plastics-directive.html

As the groundhog predicted, spring is here, so now is the time to start composting! Link: https://colorado.ourcommunitynow.com/2019/03/29/4-best-ways-to-compost-this-spring/

The Environmental Protection Administration (Taiwan) charts their efforts when it comes to diversified waste treatment Link: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/diversified-waste-treatment-taiwan/61722/

Recycling is only part of the answer for e-waste Link: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/03/27/tackling-indias-ewaste-recycling-crisis.html

With our “marine litter cleanup” concept we pursue the aim of freeing waters from plastic, oil and chemicals globally. Link: https://oneearth-oneocean.com/en/

Since 1990 The Winona Farm compost site has been open every day from dawn until dark with no government assistance. In 2000 I asked the city street department if we could have a couple loads of leaves and they’ve brought an average 400 truck loads of street leaves every fall …

In a bid to reduce the problem of plastic waste across Africa, a number of international consumer goods companies operating across the continent came together to launch the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance today. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/consumer-goods-firms-launch-plastics-recycling-africa-alliance

Growing up, I was surrounded by people with “green thumbs”. That‘s right, generations of gardeners. Their passion for gardening quickly turned into my obsession, I mean hobby. Link: https://www.blackmountainnews.com/story/life/home-garden/2019/04/03/compost-food-soil/3291274002/