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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

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

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/

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

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/