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NEW DELHI: As industries all over the country are taking initiatives to curb electronic waste (e-Waste), reports suggest that e-Waste management has become a major environmental and public health hazard. Link: https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/e-waste-management-major-health-hazard

CRUISES see thousands of passengers and crew take to enormous cruise ships for weeks at a time. A huge amount of waste is produced during this time – but where does it all go? Is it simply dumped into the sea? Link: https://www.express.co.uk/travel/cruise/1069810/cruises-cruise-ship-waste-disposal-rubbish-management

Landfills receive 3,000 tonnes of food a day – 36 per cent of all solid waste. For HK110 a month, families will be allocated a bin for their table scraps Link: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2179257/hong-kong-community-composting-helps-cut-down

According to the FAO, every year, roughly one-third of all the food produced for human consumption gets lostwasted. That’s about 1.3 billion tonnes. Unsurprisingly, fruits and vegetables have the highest wastage rates of any food. Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidebanis/2018/12/24/these-two-dutch-students-create-3d-printed-snacks-from-food-waste/#3c20f2834130

A New Research Report, Titled On “Composting Equipment Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016–2024” Link: http://industrynewsinsights.com/19119/composting-equipment-market-to-witness-comprehensive-growth-by-2024/

Public Health offers a 10-week course from January through March Link: http://www.thereflector.com/garden_scene/article_807a2c92-07c7-11e9-b497-a3aefbf88c5f.html

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Discarded disposable diapers (nappies) make up about 14 per cent of the waste at the Arorangi landfill, revealed a survey conducted by Infrastructure Cook Islands. Link: http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/environment/item/71625-waste-management-14-per-cent-of-landfill-waste-is-disposable-nappies

A decade-old community effort in Nagoya to recycle food waste from supermarkets and school lunches to make compost for vegetable farming has been awarded the Biodiversity Action Award by the Japan Committee for United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (UNDB). Link: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/12/24/national/nagoya-community-effort-recycle-food-waste-wins-u-n-related-award/#.XCKQFs3_oaE

Christine Loh says all Hongkongers must get behind the new waste charging bill and commit to reducing the amount of rubbish they produce if they want a cleaner future Link: https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2179043/hong-kongs-cutting-edge-treatment-plants-arent