With holidays approaching, many of us are mindful of the need to collect and recycle all the additional plastic, paper and other waste that we are about to generate. This year, however, there are questions about where that waste will Read more…
(Autonomous Quality Control) to increase recovery of recyclables without adding additional manual labour at the company’s commercial and commingled dry recyclables MRF in Maldon, Essex. Launched earlier this year by Oregon-based Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), the Max-AI AQC incorporates an Read more…
In New South Wales the Albury Waste Management Centre includes the fourth largest landfill in the state. Mike Ritchie explains how its Halve Waste initiative has become the most successful waste reduction program in Australia. The Halve Waste Initiative has Read more…
For the first time in over two years, Afroz Shah and his team of volunteers did not set foot on the 2.5 km stretch of beach at Versova in Mumbai on the last weekend of November for their routine collection Read more…
IRRESPONSIBLE restaurateurs are dumping used cooking oil and garbage down the drain, creating an unsightly situation in the backlanes of Jalan Setia Indah X U13/X Setia Alam in Shah Alam. Emitting a foul stench, the drains are clogged with a Read more…
Research by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) showed that around 50% of Thais surveyed were willing to pay a fee for using plastic bags in department and convenience stores. In their survey of 2,000 people nationwide, 88% of Read more…
p style=”margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background: white;”>SINGAPORE — When refuse collector Jumahat Yusuf, 51, turned up for a job interview with public waste collector Veolia Singapore, his supervisor only asked two questions. “‘Can you take the Read more…
Our planet is dying – even our children are aware of this reality – yet we are doing very little to help save it. Our air is polluted and our environment, food and water sources are being destroyed. A major Read more…
Fashion is becoming increasingly disposable for Australians, with almost a quarter of people admitting to throwing out clothes after just one wear, a study has found. And four out of 10 people surveyed by YouGov said they had put unwanted Read more…
In a laboratory in Hong Kong, researchers at a textile company are looking for a special ingredient to improve the company’s production process: bacteria. The facility is owned by TAL Apparel Ltd., one of the world’s largest cloth manufacturers, with Read more…