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The Nigerian Government, the Global Environment Facility and UN Environment have announced a 15-million initiative to kick off a circular electronics system in Nigeria. Link: https://www.thegef.org/news/nigeria-turns-tide-electronic-waste

VTT is developing technology to complement a variety of mechanical recycling methods for plastics with chemical recycling based on pyrolysis. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/vtt-to-add-new-methods-to-the-plastics-recycling-chain

Today I caught a glimpse of the future, and it involves some very large rotating drums. Link: https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/17722886.make-waste-world-our-new-tourist-attraction/

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/

Developing nations in Asia are no longer willing to receive metric tonnes of untreated, unsorted rubbish. Link: https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/asia-stands-up-to-waste-colonialism/

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/