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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

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/

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/

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/

Just like other composting methods, use only plant-based materials since meat, dairy and fat can attract animals. And this is no place for perennial weeds, annual weeds gone to seedinvasive plants that can survive and take over the garden. Link: https://wkow.com/news/wakeup/2019/06/23/compost-your-trash-right-in-your-garden/

The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyapong has affirmed the commitment of Zoomlion Company Limited, a subsidiary waste management firm, to drastically reduce the practice of landfill method of waste disposal in Ghana by ensuring that waste generated are treated, recovered, converted to organic fertilizer …

Best Buy reported that it has collected 2 billion pounds of e-waste and appliances for recycling since launching a consumer electronics takeback program in 2009. Now the retailer is expanding the consumer program, and working to increase waste diversion for all US operations. Link: https://www.environmentalleader.com/2019/06/best-buy-recycles-ewaste/

Among various methods civic bodies across the State adopt for solid waste disposal, micro composting centres is the most common one as these can be decentralised. But, this method has run into stiff protests from the public. Link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/microbes-to-help-salem-corpn-in-waste-management/article28089823.ece

SBIR solicitations currently openplanned for 2018 can be found below. The list may change periodically and should only be used as a guide to assist potential applicants. Please check back for updatessign up to receive notifications of new funding opportunities. Link: https://www.epa.gov/sbir/sbir-funding-opportunities?utm_source=%40BioCycle&utm_campaign=49fffd6d98-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_20_03_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54de51a9ab-49fffd6d98-294294185

It is all a question of intensity. If I have a leisurely stroll around the park, spending an hour on the 2-mile loop looking at leaves and the lake, I will have brought peace to my soul but not burned enough calories to justify eating a pint of ice cream. …