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City dumps are the shopping malls of trash. You never know what you’ll find. You might have to dig through paper, light bulbs, broken chairs, all kinds of stuff. And watch out for seagulls. But be persistent! Tasty, well-aged potato chips and old piz

New Internationalist

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Global total of municipal solid waste. By 2050 this is expected to grow to 3.4bn tonnes. Industry generates 18 times more waste than households. In rich countries, the level of industrial waste is a staggering 42.6 kg/person/day. 3.5bn People lacking

India Today

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Cleanest City Winner: Surat Municipal Corporation Why it won: For introducing a comprehensive waste management system After the plague scare of 1994, cleanliness became an obsession for Surat. It found itself consistently on top of the list of India'

The Pastel Journal

1 min. di lettura

As much as possible, take advantage of daylight hours to paint with the light coming through a window. Relying more on natural light will reduce energy consumption, saving you money on your electricity bill while also helping the environment. When li

Landscape Architecture Australia

1 min. di lettura

RECIPIENT Cheng Xing PROGRAM Master of Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne Melbourne is facing growing pressure over waste management, with extensive food waste currently being placed in landfill. This proposal explores the potential

NPR

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The governor declared a state of emergency for Manatee County, Fla., after officials were alerted to a leak in a wastewater pond.

Men's Fitness UK

1 min. di lettura

Founded by GB ultramarathon runner Dan Lawson and his wife, Charlotte, ReRun is tackling the unsustainable ‘need for new’ mentality that most of us are guilty of. “Our main mission is to keep clothes out of landfill,” explains Lawson, “so we're hap

India Today

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It was a school presentation on World Environment Day in 2015 highlighting the water wastage issue that made Garvita Gulhati and her classmate, Pooja Tanawade, think more deeply about the problem. They started the social initiative, 'Why Waste?', ho

India Today

2 min. di lettura

The principal premise of this book is that citizens who can afford to, respond to India’s public policy failures through private initiative and that this is neither optimal nor adequate. This is shown in five domains: water, health, education, power

Poolside

1 min. di lettura

Designed for homeowners who seek function and sophistication, Remco’s Coverstar is a durable, multifunctional pool cover that stylishly blends with your poolscape. Aside from providing outstanding safety, insulation and convenience, the Coverstar hel

Beijing Review

4 min. di lettura

Beijing has announced plans as one of 46 pilot cities to implement new household refuse management regulations from May 1. According to the regulations, household waste must be sorted into four categories: recyclable, harmful, kitchen and other. For

Apple Magazine

3 min. di lettura

Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. “This is the mine of the future,” he beams. Sveen is chief operations officer at UBQ, an Israeli company that has patented a proc

TechLife News

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Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. “This is the mine of the future,” he beams. Sveen is chief operations officer at UBQ, an Israeli company that has patented a proc

Science Illustrated

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Until Covid-19 disrupted travel, some 20 million people were travelling each year on one of the world’s approximately 250 cruise ships. Passengers produce tonnes of waste of different types. Some is collected in tanks and left on dry land. Some is pu

The Christian Science Monitor

4 min. di lettura

It’s a perennial problem for governments across the world: how to encourage best practices like recycling. After trying incentives, China’s authoritarian government is now turning to punitive measures.

India Today

1 min. di lettura

Jabirkarat, 30 Founder, Green Worms, Kozhikode Born to a middle-class family in Thamarassery, Kerala, Jabir Karat always wanted to do something different. A postgraduate in History from Delhi University, he opted to work in the Mumbai slums as part

Sunday Independent

3 min. di lettura

RESIDENT Michael Gaade says for the Vaal River to be clean again, authorities should start by clearing the Rietspruit River and inoperative wastewater treatments which have over time also added to the pollution and created a health hazard for the com

Coast

1 min. di lettura

Living by the sea and helping to turn the tide on single-use plastics is at the heart of a range of sustainable, ecofriendly baby and children’s products from homewares brand, Rory & Ruby. Based in St Andrews on Scotland’s east coast, the collection

Facility Management

2 min. di lettura

Waste Expo Australia has announced the 2019 speaker program for its comprehensive, free-to-attend conference and exhibition. The two-day event runs on 23 and 24 October, bringing together more than 100 industry-leading speakers, and showcasing over 1

Farmer's Weekly

2 min. di lettura

There is no evidence that South Africa’s water supplies could become contaminated with the coronavirus responsible for the global coronavirus disease pandemic, according to industry stakeholders. This emerged in a panel discussion in a webinar hosted

Cruising World

2 min. di lettura

Cruisers see firsthand the devastation of plastic pollution, both in the water and on beaches. Many do what they can, picking up trash and taking it somewhere for disposal, but cruisers Angela Burns and Bill Atherholt decided to go a step further. Th

BBC Music Magazine

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Remarkably, if you say that the programme for this year’s East Neuk Festival (see p86) is a load of old junk, the organisers probably wouldn’t take offence. Because that’s exactly what part of it is. In preparation for the event, which takes place al

Practical Caravan

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EMPTYING THE TOILET cassette is one aspect of caravanning that might deter some potential newcomers. But those of us who are experienced in running this little errand know that it’s no big deal, thanks in part to today’s range of fragrant chemicals.

Futurity

3 min. di lettura

Researchers have created a polymer mat has the ability to fish biologically harmful contaminants from water through a strategy known as “bait, hook, and destroy.” Tests with wastewater showed the mat can efficiently remove targeted pollutants, in thi

Woman's Own

1 min. di lettura

Astonishing how we’ve gone from saving the planet by banning anything plastic (Kim Kardashian aside) and recycling until we’re green in the face to mask-ageddon in a few short months. It’s impossible to go anywhere these days without wading through s

VOGUE India

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The spectre of melting ice caps haunts apocalyptic visions of climate change. Most of us have seen such scenes in documentaries and photographs. We shuddered or nodded in despair, yet quickly moved on. Imagine being ambushed by glacial chunks of ice

Architecture Australia

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Across this country, waste management facilities (or “tips”) are located out of sight, on the outskirts of our communities. Occasionally we might load up our cars or trailers and make the journey to the periphery, unload as quickly as possible and re

NPR

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California's attorney general has charged former and current employees with illegally burying drums filled with toxic chemicals and using public money for personal items.

NZBusiness and Management

2 min. di lettura

Too many New Zealand businesses are literally throwing millions of dollars away because they don’t think strategically about the waste they create, according to a sustainable waste management expert. Fionna Gotts, CEO of the sustainable waste managem

Futurity

2 min. di lettura

Researchers are developing a scalable treatment option for PFAS-contaminated wastewater. More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds of sites nationwide—and counting—have PFAS-tainted water. PFAS, or per- and polyfluor