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SHANGHAI: China has launched a pilot programme to "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by trash, the environment ministry said. Link: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-launches-pilot–waste-free-city–plan-to-boost-recycling-11160388
Mais »UN report: Time to seize opportunity, tackle challenge of e-waste
The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made. Only 20 of this is formally recycled. Link: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-report-time-seize-opportunity-tackle-challenge-e-waste
Mais »Eco-Products Announces Agreement with Compost Manufacturing Alliance to Test All Compostable Products, Begin Using New ‘Composter Approved‘ Logo
New CMA testing program and logo will validate and identify decomposition across a variety of composting technologies Link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eco-products-announces-agreement-with-compost-manufacturing-alliance-to-test-all-compostable-products-begin-using-new-composter-approved-logo-300784259.html
Mais »Should you bother to compost in winter?
With snow on the sidewalk and ice on the porch steps, a reasonable person might ask: Do I really have to take the potato peelings out to the compost bin? They wouldn’t break down until spring anyway, would they? Link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/home/ct-home-0131-garden-morton-20190124-story.html
Mais »From Antartic waste to new products
Norwegian company, Nofir, has collected 24 tonnes of old fishing equipment from Antartica, in a bid to rid the world’s oceans of lost and discarded gear. Link: https://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/from-antartic-waste-to-new-products
Mais »Real Junk Food Project turns supermarket waste into tasty meals
London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK’s food waste problem Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/26/real-junk-food-project-turns-supermarket-waste-into-tasty-meals
Mais »At least half of Philly’s recycling goes straight to an incinerator
Hunt Griffith walked along Sansom Street in West Philadelphia recently, just after city Streets Department workers had scooped up blue recycling buckets, dumped them into a truck, and roared away. Link: http://www.philly.com/science/climate/recycling-costs-philadelphia-incinerator-waste-to-energy-plant-20190125.html
Mais »Washington State Weighs New Option After Death: Human Composting
SEATTLE — Leslie Christian recently added unusual language to her living will: After death, she hoped her remains would be reduced to soil and spread around to help out some flowers,a tree. In essence, compost. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/death-human-compost.html
Mais »‘We can do a lot better‘: Metro Vancouver recycling, composting rate stalls at 63
Metro could implement simple interventions to increase waste diversion, says researcher Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/we-can-do-a-lot-better-metro-vancouver-recycling-composting-rate-stalls-at-63-1.4992233
Mais »Composting: A Green Alternative To The Plastic Dog Poop Bag
Dog poop is never a walk in the park to clean up. But as responsible dog owners, it’s our job to make sure that we don’t leave a mark. Sadly, the very way dog poop is usually disposed of can have an impact on the environment. One solution to this …
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