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Falling clean energy costs provide opportunity to boost climate action in COVID-19 recovery packages Link to full article

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 to full article

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 to full article

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

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 to full article

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 to full article

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

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

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