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SHANGHAI: China has launched a pilot programme to "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by trash, the environment ministry said. Link: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-launches-pilot–waste-free-city–plan-to-boost-recycling-11160388

The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made. Only 20 of this is formally recycled. Link: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-report-time-seize-opportunity-tackle-challenge-e-waste

New CMA testing program and logo will validate and identify decomposition across a variety of composting technologies Link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eco-products-announces-agreement-with-compost-manufacturing-alliance-to-test-all-compostable-products-begin-using-new-composter-approved-logo-300784259.html

With snow on the sidewalk and ice on the porch steps, a reasonable person might ask: Do I really have to take the potato peelings out to the compost bin? They wouldn’t break down until spring anyway, would they? Link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/home/ct-home-0131-garden-morton-20190124-story.html

Norwegian company, Nofir, has collected 24 tonnes of old fishing equipment from Antartica, in a bid to rid the world’s oceans of lost and discarded gear. Link: https://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/from-antartic-waste-to-new-products

London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK’s food waste problem Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/26/real-junk-food-project-turns-supermarket-waste-into-tasty-meals

Hunt Griffith walked along Sansom Street in West Philadelphia recently, just after city Streets Department workers had scooped up blue recycling buckets, dumped them into a truck, and roared away. Link: http://www.philly.com/science/climate/recycling-costs-philadelphia-incinerator-waste-to-energy-plant-20190125.html

SEATTLE — Leslie Christian recently added unusual language to her living will: After death, she hoped her remains would be reduced to soil and spread around to help out some flowers,a tree. In essence, compost. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/death-human-compost.html

Metro could implement simple interventions to increase waste diversion, says researcher Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/we-can-do-a-lot-better-metro-vancouver-recycling-composting-rate-stalls-at-63-1.4992233

Dog poop is never a walk in the park to clean up. But as responsible dog owners, it’s our job to make sure that we don’t leave a mark. Sadly, the very way dog poop is usually disposed of can have an impact on the environment. One solution to this …