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Addressing two of Mumbai‘s biggest problems – wet waste management and lack of green cover – two city organisations have come together to make a huge change this World Environment Day.
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Drowning in waste, Russians fume over lack of recycling
Roman Yudakov points in the distance to a stinking mountain of trash looming over the Russian capital and sighs: "Take a look at our pyramid!"
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https://www.france24.com/en/20190603-drowning-waste-russians-fume-over-lack-recycling
Atilio Savino, Regional Development Network Representative for the Latin America Region, and Chief Editor & Author of the Report, introduces the key points discussed in the Waste Management Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Bristol, UK based waste and recycling firm ASL Environmental Ltd is investing in new refuse collection vehicles and driver training including taking them out on bicycles.
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Bioenergy: ‘No regrets’ solution to cutting carbon emissions
The UK is not on track to meet future carbon budgets – but a new report from the Renewable Energy Association (REA) claims that bioenergy holds the key to cutting carbon emissions.
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Pressure increases on recycling exports as Malaysia returns plastic waste
The Malaysian Government has announced that it will be sending back around 3,000 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste imported from developed countries, though the UK has yet to receive a request from the Malaysian authorities to repatriate any illegal waste.
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IN DEPTH: The Waste Management Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
Atilio Savino, Regional Development Network Representative for the Latin America Region, and Chief Editor & Author of the Report, introduces the key points discussed in the Waste Management Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Martin Plays the Long Game on Waste to Energy in Asia
Edmund Fleck, managing director of German waste to energy technology stalwart Martin on the company’s long-term Asian adventure…
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https://waste-management-world.com/a/martin-plays-the-long-game-on-waste-to-energy-in-asia
Reclaim city nownever
As the year’s environment day approaches, stories trickling in aren’t so rosy
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https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-cityscape/reclaim-city-now-or-never-737691.html
The recycling barge to nowhere
Barges loaded up with plastic from Asia regularly arrive in U.S. ports, but this one is different.
The plastic stuff Malaysia is sending here isn‘t cheap junk Americans will buy. It‘s actual trash Americans tried to send to Malaysia.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-recycling-barge-to-nowhere
Ashes to ashes, mulch to mulch: Washington state to let dead be turned into compost
The after-death options for most Americans are fairly simple: burialcremation. However, Washingtonians will soon have another choice: they can be composted instead.
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