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An innovative project will see electricity from non-recyclable waste power a £65m plastic recycling plant in Bristol. Link: https://environmentjournal.online/articles/65m-recycling-plant-to-be-powered-by-landfill-waste-in-uk-first/

Roman Yudakov points in the distance to a stinking mountain of trash looming over the Russian capital and sighs: "Take a look at our pyramid!" Link: https://www.france24.com/en/20190603-drowning-waste-russians-fume-over-lack-recycling

Addressing two of Mumbai‘s biggest problems – wet waste management and lack of green cover – two city organisations have come together to make a huge change this World Environment Day. Link: https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/world-environment-day-a-novel-idea-to-address-wet-waste-management-and-lack-of-greenery-in-mumbai/articleshow/69660620.cms

Bristol, UK based waste and recycling firm ASL Environmental Ltd is investing in new refuse collection vehicles and driver training including taking them out on bicycles. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/new-mercedesdennis-refuse-collection-vehicles-for-asl-environmental

Despite some promising efforts to address the growing problem of plastic waste like banning plastic shopping bagsstraws, specific prevention targets for different plastic waste are still not widespread in Europe, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published today. Link: https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/what-are-european-countries-doing

The global trash trade has reached a turning point wealthier nations have long shipped their plastic waste to the developing world to be processed, but in recent months, some nations in Southeast Asia have begun sending the exports — much of it contaminated plastic and trash that is unrecyclable — …

Edmund Fleck, managing director of German waste to energy technology stalwart Martin on the company’s long-term Asian adventure… Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/martin-plays-the-long-game-on-waste-to-energy-in-asia

The UK is not on track to meet future carbon budgets – but a new report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA) claims that bioenergy holds the key to cutting carbon emissions. Link: https://resource.co/article/bioenergy-no-regrets-solution-cutting-carbon-emissions?utm_source=Newsletter+Sign-ups+from+Website&utm_campaign=120edd7d99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_07_12_13_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_01e1502761-120edd7d99-583056065

The Malaysian Government has announced that it will be sending back around 3,000 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste imported from developed countries, though the UK has yet to receive a request from the Malaysian authorities to repatriate any illegal waste. Link: https://resource.co/article/pressure-increases-recycling-exports-malaysia-returns-plastic-waste?utm_source=Newsletter+Sign-ups+from+Website&utm_campaign=120edd7d99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_07_12_13_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_01e1502761-120edd7d99-5

Atilio Savino, Regional Development Network Representative for the Latin America Region, and Chief Editor & Author of the Report, introduces the key points discussed in the Waste Management Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/in-depth-the-waste-management-outlook-for-latin-america-and-the-caribbean