Two years after ISWA’s Report “Wasted Health: The tragic case of dumpsites” that described the linkages between the world’s dumpsites and human health, a new landmark report that was published recently by the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health reveals that pollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year. This Read more…
CLEAN-tech company Syn Dynamics Australia has partnered with Papua New Guinea’s Total Waste Management to develop its first commercial scale plant to turn hazardous carbon-based waste materials into a high-value synthetic gas known as syngas. Having now been incorporated, the 50-50 JV plans to install and operate the waste treatment Read more…
AT FIRST glance it’s a touching moment. A newborn nursed by its mum in the garden of her home. But there are no trees in this backyard, no well-kept lawn. Instead, the mum squats surrounded by mountains of filthy plastic rubbish. Soiled food packages, plastic crates and even blood bags Read more…
Evoware is an Indonesia-based startup behind a new kind of packaging that is perfectly good to eat – but which also naturally biodegrades if you do not want to snack on it once your meal is over. Christian’s home country is second on the list of countries that create the Read more…
MOST of Perth’s municipal and commercial waste might soon be trucked to Premier Mark McGowan’s seat of Rockingham for waste-to-energy incineration. A 20-year landmark deal was made on Wednesday night by the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council for all its residual waste — 120,000 tonnes a year — to be sent Read more…
Maldives’ pledge came at the 2nd Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities which ended in Bangkok with governments resolved to move towards a pollution free region, highlighting the urgency of addressing marine litter and micro plastics. becoming the 26th country, globally, to do so. Maldives’ pledge came at the 2nd Read more…
The producer of Aqua and Swedish clothing giant Hennes & Mauritz, better known as H&M, is working together to recycle plastic bottles into fashion products. “We realize that the solution for the plastic waste problem in Indonesia must be solved through multi-stakeholder collaboration,” said Corine Tap, the President Director of Read more…
The government of Queensland on Tuesday stepped up its war on waste with the passage of a bill in parliament that will ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags and give refunds to people for recycling their empty beverage containers. The government of Queensland on Tuesday stepped up its war Read more…
Microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health. Scores of tap water samples from more than a dozen nations were analysed by scientists for an investigation by Orb Media, who shared the findings Read more…
PORTLAND, OREGON—More trees mean cleaner air, right? Not necessarily, suggests a new study looking at the wooded areas next to roadways. Instead, lines of trees known as “greenbelts” might actually trap a common pollutant from vehicle exhaust—nitrogen dioxide (NO2)—boosting on-the-ground levels of the gas up to 21%. That could make breathing Read more…