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Plastic waste becomes a legal livelihood for more and more people in India – World Circular Economy Forum looks at informal waste collectors
(To subscribers.) Is there a bottle of shampoo or something else worth selling in this garbage bag? In India, thousands of informal waste pickers (Informal Waste Workers, IWW) start their mornings […]
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European plastic recycling industry in trouble – Industry organizations demand swift action from the EU: “More mixing obligations, the Commission's current actions are not enough”
(For subscribers.) The European plastic recycling industry is currently in a severe crisis. Several plastic recycling companies across Europe have run into financial difficulties. Some have gone bankrupt. The plastic […]
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Tougher penalties for environmental crimes in legal reform
(For subscribers.) The EU's new Environmental Crime Directive is bringing even harsher penalties. The two-day Renewable Energy Days seminar of the Finnish Renewable Energy Association KIVO gathered around 150 […]
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Waste management time jump
If you've ever flown across six time zones, you know the feeling. The human body is not used to the existence of a technology called an airplane, […]
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"Even in the midst of conflicts and wars, waste management must function" - The World Waste Management Congress warned against building systems that are too dependent on technology and artificial intelligence
(For subscribers.) The world's waste volume is predicted to increase by up to a billion tons over the next decade unless current consumption habits are changed. How can the waste management system meet the challenge? […]
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“This cannot continue like this” – a strong appeal at IFAT for rapid improvement of global waste management infrastructure and circular economy
(To subscribers.) The water level is already waist-high and still rising. All around, the roofs of the houses shimmer like islands in the middle of the water. Road signs reach above the surface. […]
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RiverRecycle opens recycling plants in Ghana and the Philippines – Recovering plastic waste from rivers and landfills
River plastic waste collection company RiverRecycle has set up mechanical plastic recycling plants in the Philippines and Ghana. At the same time, the company has started collecting plastic waste from local landfills. The company is […]
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Marko found an illegal landfill in Sipoonkorvi National Park and assembled a volunteer team to clean up the waste – “The amount of waste being taken into the forest has increased”
Metsähallitus cleaned up an exceptionally large illegal landfill in Sipoonkorvi. Volunteers completed the work. A few years ago, my attention was drawn to the […]
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