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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/

Leading corporates such as Burger King, Nestle, and Sainsbury‘s have today promised to boost resource productivity and slash avoidable waste at a summit opened by HRH the Prince of Wales. Link: https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3066813/nestle-burger-king-and-sainsburys-among-brands-promising-to-turn-waste-into-wealth

The Chief Executive Officer of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, argued that the waste management sector will only become beneficial when the government and citizens see waste as a resource to the country, just like oil and gold. Link: https://www.pulse.com.gh/bi/finance/ghana-must-classify-waste-as-natural-resources-zoomlion-boss-id9132081.html

This report is a quantification of the true cost of food waste in the UK’s Hospitality and Food Service industry. Link: http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/true-cost-waste-hospitality-and-food-service