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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

Granted formal permission in July this year by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to generate electricity from solid waste and garbage, a Chinese firm and the Punjab government Friday inked a pact to establish a 40 Mega Watt (MW) waste to energy incineration plant on 52 hectares of …

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

The recycling system is a throwback to last century that badly needs to be modernised, according to the head of the Environment Agency. Link: https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/the-recycling-system-is-out-of-date-and-needs-to-be-overhauled-says-environment-agency-chair/

KHS expects to see increased uptake of its FreshSafePET technology as German and European packaging and recycling laws evolve. The PET bottle is lined with glass: and is easier to recycle compared to commonly used composite materials. Link: https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2018/11/23/KHS-launches-recyclable-glass-coated-PET-bottles

Make Hongkongers more proactive in reducing waste – a composting scheme in British Columbia may be a model Link: https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2173966/when-will-hongkongers-stop-treating-recycling-its-someone-elses

FullCycle, an investment firm dedicated to reversing climate change profitably, has published a video explaining how it hopes to recover energy from wastes destined for landfillthe oceans using gasification technology. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-clean-investment-firm-fullcycle-backs-waste-gasification-technology

Garbage is a widely discussed issue in the city.No part of the city is free from its grip may it be the slums, chawlsposh areas like Malabar HillCuffe Parade. Link: https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-not-wasting-its-breath-2688710

The future East Hawai&699i Organics Facility will be located somewhere in Kea&699au, officials say. A draft environmental assessment has been published. Link: http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2018/11/23/video-east-hawaii-organics-facility-update/