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Dutch biogas upgrading specialist, Bright Biomethane, completed the installation of the first biomethane facility in Belgium to inject renewable gas into the grid. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/belgiums-first-biogas-from-waste-upgrading-plant-begins-grid-injection-of-biomethane

French landfill gas-to-energy technology firm, Waga Energy, has teamed up with environmental services giant, Veolia, to produce biomethane from Saint-Palais landfill. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/waga-energy-veolia-injecting-biomethane-from-landfill-into-french-grid

Studies with waste pickers have identified several issues that affect the health and well-being of workers in waste picking warehouses and sorting processes. This results from exposure to dangerous materials, insalubrious workplace conditions, propensity for accidents, muscular pain caused by repetitive movements and even problems related to interpersonal relations and …

BENGALURU: If you always wanted to learn composting techniqubut didn’t know where to go, here’s the anwer. Head to Swachagraha Kalika Kendra at the public park in HSR Layout Sector 4 for hands-on training on different composting solutions. Link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/first-composting-learning-park-showcases-different-methods/articleshow/67109565.cms

The war on waste has begun. Last year’s outrage at plastics polluting the ocean was followed this year with anger at the fashion industry. Link: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-your-portfolio-can-profit-from-the-war-on-waste-q7gsh0lj6

In a recent paper Prof. Dr. Rainer Bunge argues that efforts to improve the recycling of plastics are not always the most environmentally beneficial. Often energy recovery is preferable. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/in-depth-why-switzerland-does-not-enforce-plastics-recycling

Why should ‘Ecomondo’ be in your events diary for 2019? Reporting ‘live’ from this year’s event in Rimini Fiera, Italy, Malcolm Bates explains in words and pictures. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/epaper/39?format=pdf

Join this event about post-consumer textile waste and a circular economy to get inspired by the latest insights and innovations from the EU, the Nordics and the Baltics. Link: https://www.sei.org/events/used-textiles-waste-or-value/

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The finding of 5.9-kilogram plastic waste in the belly of a dead sperm whale which was stranded in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi emphasized the fact that plastic waste continuously harmed the environment. Link: http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/11/24/206923701/Sperm-Whale-Ingested-Plastic-Waste-Greenpeace-Urges-Serious

An new art exhibition in Phnom Penh featuring works by Cambodian and foreign artists will raise questions about plastic use and recycling, through woodcarvings, illustrations and even a motorbike Link: https://sea-globe.com/plastic-kingdom-art-exhibition-questions-cambodias-rampant-waste-problem/