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One of the best natural fertilizers and soil builders is available free. You make it yourself. It’s compost! Link:

Compost manufacturer collects commercial and residential food waste in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metro areas. Link:

New York City’s new Commercial Waste Zone Law has carve-out for small-scale organics collection. Link:

All selected test products scored positive with regard to their disintegration rate, showing substantial fragmentation and loss of mechanical strength within the two composting cycles. Link:

Exposure to infected individuals in areas of low airflow (indoors) seems to be the primary route to infection — not the pathways involved in the recycling of organics. Link:

A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabed Link:

Technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) and Russian consortium partner ZiO-Podolsk are to supply the entire technology for the new Energy from Waste plant in the Moscow region. The installation will process 700,000 metric tons of waste to generate 70 MW of electricity for the grid. This is the second …

Leamington Spa, UK based refuse collection vehicle manufacturer, Dennis Eagle, has launched the eCollect, a 100 electric eRCV claimed to be the world’s first all-electric Refuse Collection Vehicle from an OEM. Link:

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has acknowledged the efforts four companies to reduce the amount of plastic they use and produce in an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the country. Link:

The slum of Agbogbloshie is the world’s largest e-waste dump. While pollution in land, air, waters and bodies has reached dramatic levels, the work of thousands of informal recyclers in dismantling and repairing electronics remains largely unacknowledged. Link to full article