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3 Aug 2022

...landfill. I often wondered if all of those resources could be reused." Swan's engineering career started in various fossil fuel-based sectors – oil field services and later coal-fired power stations i...

29 Nov 2024

Preparations are underway in the Brazilian city of Belém as it gets ready to host the United Nations’ COP30 climate conference in November 2025 – a crucial meeting for the future of the planet, and on...

26 Apr 2024

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...landfills. Vietnam, often ranked as the world’s fourth-largest contributor of mismanaged plastic waste, also accounts for a significant share of marine plastic debris, highlighting the country’s strug...

23 Dec 2024

SportSG and Dow's shoe recycling initiative

...landfill every year. Dow, the major sponsor of the programme, has not clarified that the donated shoes would be recycled. In promoting a sustainability award won in October 2022, Alba claimed that 217...

28 Feb 2023

Doug Woodring, founder and managing director, Ocean Recovery Alliance

...landfills. We've got to start somewhere – 90 per cent of the world's plastic doesn't get recycled as it is, and most developing countries where plastic recovery happens do not have the infrastructure ...

8 May 2023

Recycling all mismanaged plastic waste in South, Southeast Asia could reduce emissions by over 200 million tonnes by 2030

New research by The Circulate Initiative, a non-profit organisation dedicated to solving the ocean plastic pollution challenge in emerging markets, has revealed insights into the crucial link between ...

13 Jul 2023

...landfill in Bangkok’s On Nut subdistrict. For Thailand, ranked as the fifth top source of oceanic plastic pollution in the world, addressing waste is a key concern. In 2021, the country produced 24.98...

9 Dec 2022

...Landfill Gas Power Generation Units of CLP Power and features hourly matching of renewable generation to data centre electricity consumption. This project exemplifies how innovative collaboration can ...

20 Feb 2024

...landfills each day, according to The Green Earth, a Hong Kong-based environmental organisation that promotes resource conservation. Government statistics show that waste plastics account for roughly ...

19 Jan 2024

...landfills setup on the banks of the river. The waste piles up year-round and is washed away by the river during the monsoon floods. “ We only looked at plastic that could be spotted with the naked ey...

11 Jul 2023

In between rows of sprouting cotton crops, the dried-out stems of wheat and sugar beet carpet a stretch of farmland near Turkey's Aegean coast, helping to lock in soil nutrients and moisture – even i...

30 Oct 2023

...landfilled organic waste, said Arkin. Globally, a third of all food produced is not eaten, and is responsible for as much as 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Tackling food waste could ...

5 Oct 2022

...landfill, these could leak into the ground and upset the pH balance in the soil, threatening ecologies and human health. Recycling batteries doesn’t just help to reduce this kind of pollution. There i...

14 Sep 2023

...landfill site in Torbay, UK, and developing low carbon planning and design tools for cities in India funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. He is currently involved with de...

1 Dec 2022

...landfills - a practice that is costly and harmful for the environment. "Everything we're trying to do is to minimise the environmental impact," said Andy Goodyer, general manager at EMR Oldbury. Shepp...

30 Mar 2023

Japanese chain restaurants embrace sustainable practices

...landfills but also lower the risk of air and water pollution with fewer chemical applications. Enhanced soil fertility can enhance the ability to convert and sequester soil carbon, which could eventu...

3 Jun 2023

...landfill and the river as the main areas of concern. It suggests that the landfill site be moved elsewhere and the river be monitored regularly. However, progress has been slow. Bhushal said the landf...

6 Apr 2022

...landfill/dumping site and more than 180,000 estimated households will be served directly,” according to a TGBL statement. The municipal solid waste dumped in low-lying urban areas can be diverted, whi...

3 Jan 2023

...landfills or incineration but are instead intended for recycling, processing into pellets or intermediate products, and then sold to manufacturers. This cycle forms an important aspect of our operati...

21 Oct 2024

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