Kenya has inspired four more countries to ban plastic bags. South Africa, Chile, Oman and Sri Lanka want to follow in Kenya’s footsteps. They announced new measures including plastic bags bans, marine litter and ocean pollution, when their representatives visited Nairobi last week during the United Nations Environment Assembly. “For Read more…
The world’s most populous country has been the largest importer of recyclable materials, taking in more than 30 million metric tonnes of waste from all over the world, including from the US, EU, Japan, and Australia. But in July, China — also the world’s biggest manufacturer — decided it would Read more…
MIRI: Stop blaming the city council for the dirty state of affairs in Miri city and play your part in curbing the blatant rubbish-dumping. That is the frank advice to residents, traders and shopkeepers as well as operators of eateries, businesses and factories in Miri from Sarawak Assistant Tourism and Read more…
There is one more step to go before New Plymouth’s red rubbish bags are tossed out in favour of wheelie bins. Proposed changes to the district’s kerbside collection would introduce a 20 litre sealable bin for food waste that would be collected weekly, with residents also getting a small kitchen Read more…
Vienna, Austria, 5th December 2017 – The 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi will discuss better ways to #beatpollution and ISWA is at UNEA to call upon the international community to act to bring waste under control and secure a pollution free planet. ISWA is working on the international Read more…
Once a year the ‘Clean Up the World Weekend’ takes place, including in Bangkok. The 2017 edition, enjoying strong Nordic participation and engagement, gathered many representatives from businesses, foreign missions, students and volunteers for a clean-up effort on and along Chao Phraya River on 16 September. Also concerning the global Read more…
Chonburi Clean Energy (CCE), a joint venture company established by SUEZ, WHA Utilities and Power Plc., and Glow Energy Plc., a subsidiary of ENGIE, have broken ground on an industrial waste-to-energy (WTE) power plant at the Hemaraj Chonburi Industrial Estate in Chonburi, Thailand. The $59 million facility, which has an Read more…
London’s caffeine habit could soon provide an eco-friendly energy kick to its buses, including its iconic red double decker.Some six thousand litres of oil extracted from ground coffee waste will be added to fuel tanks of the city’s transport authority on Monday — enough to power a bus for a Read more…
Dr Nguyen Duc Quang from the Hanoi University of Science & Technology, however, disagrees with the opinion that Vietnam doesn’t have suitable technologies or the money to import modern technologies to recycle e-waste.“The use of recycling technology is not a difficulty for Vietnam. The problem lies in the lack of Read more…
Last week, the Noida Authority decided to implement their ‘solid waste-management’ policy which was chalked out in 2016. According to the directive, all gated housing societies, hotels and commercial institutions built on plot sizes over 5,000 sqm will have to make arrangements to segregate biodegradable waste and compost it within Read more…