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There are several ways to deal with the leaf supply. Locally, the most labor-intensive method with the least return is to bag the leaves and set them on the curb. In many areas of the country, this is illegal. Tahlequah uses the leaves as part of its composting program. Link: …

In Vienna, reuse and waste prevention has a high priority. DI Franziska Howorka and DI Paul Lichtberger explain how (MD 48 has been responsible for waste management since 1989, including the founding of city’s first reuse shop – the so called 48er-Basar. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/ma-48-waste-prevention-and-reuse-in-vienna

SWITCH Africa Green, an initiative to support sustainable development in six countries in Africa, has published a video outlining a project to recycle wooden pallets into new products. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-recycling-pallets-into-mobile-market-stalls-in-ghana

The Stockholm Biochar Project is turning the city’s park and garden waste into renewable energy for heating while sequestering carbon. Link: https://www.c40.org/case_studies/cities100-stockholm-world-s-first-urban-carbon-sink-with-biochar

VIDEO: Educational Animation on Plastic Bags and Recycling from VERDE Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-educational-animation-on-plastic-bags-and-recycling-from-verde

Tetra Pak has joined forces with waste and resource Veolia in a bid to recycle all of the components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union by 2025. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/tetra-pak-veolia-team-up-to-recycle-all-beverage-carton-components-in-eu

In the US and Canada, the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2017. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/pet-recycling-rate-returns-to-growth-in-us-canada-in

A conveyor feed recently developed by Goudsmit Magnetics is able to increase the productivity of eddy current separators processing incinerator bottom ashRDF. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/new-conveyor-feed-boosts-yield-from-eddy-current-separators-at-waste-recycling-plants

Nestlé Waters North America has signed a significant agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLITE, which will expand its US operations by building a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/carbonlite-to-recycle-2bn-pet-bottles-in-new-facility-following-nestl-waters-deal

Following the European Parliament’s adoption of its negotiating position on the Commission proposal on the reduction of certain plastic products, EuPC has warned of the possible negative effects for health and hygiene. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/eupc-caution-over-european-strategy-on-single-use-plastic-waste-reduction