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Breakthrough means less pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/20/how-plastic-waste-could-heat-homes

Dead foetuses, used syringes, raw human waste and hazardous industrial waste have clogged the river Link: https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/nairobi/2019-07-22-why-nairobi-river-cleanup-has-stalled/

Madurai Corporation organised ‘man manakkum thuimai Madurai,’ a three-day green exhibition, along with Madurai chapter of Soroptimist International and Mahatma Group of Schools, at Tamukkam grounds here on Friday. Link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/green-expo-begins/article28615090.ece

KAMLOOPS – The backers of a new app are hoping it will change the way we deal with kitchen scraps. Share Waste is a program that has residents in B.C. and all over the world connecting over compost. Link: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/share-waste-offers-solutions-for-cities-without-composting-programs/it64139

This spring, passengers on a Wednesday morning flight from Sydney to Adelaide, Australia, were greeted in the usual way — the flight attendant telling them to place larger bags in overhead compartments, smaller ones under their seats. Link: https://theweek.com/articles/849735/worlds-first-zerowaste-flight

A growing body of research shows that waste plastic is becoming a major source of environmental pollution, including as a potentially significant contributor of greenhouse gases, a principal cause of global warming. As has long been the case with fossil fuels, the plastics industry is attempting to suppress knowledge of …

In order to make the world a better place to live in, we should good environment. Changing the world is not one person’s task – it involves every one of us. Link: https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazine/soundliving/1843780-5204424-1083vm6/index.html

Since last year a small rice farming village in East Java called Bangun has become a dumping ground for global waste. Piles of recyclable waste cover the streets and hide houses from view. Whole paddy fields are blanketed in huge heaps of rubbish which grow higher and wider each day …

While almost 90 per cent of Sun readers worry about pollution, more than a fifth say they do not know enough about how to be more green with their beauty products and kit. Link: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9538575/six-brilliant-hacks-to-cut-down-on-your-beauty-packaging/

WARSAW, July 20 (Xinhua) The European Union (EU) has asked member countries to recycle 50 percent of municipal waste by 2020. While Poland has made some progress towards this goal, there are fears it may not reach it. Link: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/20/c_138243495.htm