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...landfills, the most common way of disposing of solid waste in Bangladesh, into surface and groundwater. The researchers noted that the Dhaleshwari, Buriganga, Shitalakshya, Turag and Tongi rivers are ...

19 Jan 2023

Mastercard to eliminate first-use PVC plastics from payment cards by 2028

...landfill. This level of impact couldn’t be achieved without strong partnership; I am so proud for us to be a part of a movement which is gathering momentum across the world.” About Master...

2 May 2023

A house built using natural, locally sourced materials in India

...landfills and waterbodies. Recycling steel is energy intensive. But lime and mud can be reused and repurposed.” While the government has introduced Green Ratings for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GR...

4 Aug 2023

Plastic bottles strewn on the street in Bangalore

...landfill. "One of the challenges that most companies face today is the non-availability of recycling centres across all states in India," he said. A challenge for consumers, meanwhile, is to tell how ...

15 May 2023

Litter from discarded fishing gear chokes Taiwan's seas

...landfill amounted to 1,538 tons, 2,630 tons and 103 tons, respectively. This groundbreaking research reveals the unflattering fact that tons of commercial fishing gear are dumped into the o...

1 Feb 2023

Mark Harper, group sustainability head, John Swire & Sons

...landfill by 2050. Watson moves on after 14 years with Swire Group, the last seven running John Swire & Sons' sustainability function. He was previously head of environmental affairs for Hong Kong'...

3 Aug 2022

Dole Sunshine Company turns banana waste into fibres of purpose with Musa Fabric

...landfills necessary for carbon neutrality, DSC and Musa Fabric are collaborating with Kasilak Foundation to train marginalised communities with new skills in processing for textile development for the...

24 Mar 2022

...landfill, where leftover ash from incineration is stored, is expected to fill up by 2035.

2 Feb 2023

piles of medical waste in Quezon Medical Center

...landfill. “If a hospital cannot afford the treatment of their waste, then they should not do their business here. Our policy requires a hospital waste generator to treat their own waste and dispose of...

11 Feb 2022

The Indonesian government has launched a program that will pay thousands of traditional fishers to collect plastic trash from the sea. The four-week initiative is part of wider efforts to cut marine p...

18 Oct 2022

...landfill has been full for two or three years, Weina said. It is being mined and the waste shipped about 47 kilometres south to a new landfill in the city of Tam Ky. With an office based in neighbouri...

5 Apr 2022

Zalora slashed carbon footprint by one-third amid global push towards lower impact fashion

...landfills, achieving a 91 per cent diversion rate in 2022, with 75 per cent of waste recycled. The company expanded its sustainable packaging program to include all directly purchased and own-brand pa...

2 May 2023

...landfill gas projects when I was at [project developer] Ecosecurities. It turns out that many of the projects were just capturing and flaring gas, without capturing any underlying economic value. They...

23 Jul 2024

...landfill, which the authorities are trying to extend the lifespan of past 2035. Only 6 per cent of Singapore's plastics were recycled last year and the city-state's domestic recycling rate dropped fro...

27 Jun 2023

e-waste being processed by hand in India

...landfill sites without being properly treated, resulting in soil and groundwater contamination. “With the push to digitalise [the economy], [the rollout of] electric vehicles as well as discarded sola...

13 Jun 2022

A truck moves past power-generating wind turbines

...landfills to be banned across Europe where only four countries - Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland - have outlawed the landfilling of composite materials, such as wind turbine blades. Geoc...

13 Sep 2021

The spike in plastics waste during the pandemic is worsening marine pollution.

...landfills, dumps and the natural environment. A lot of this waste, particularly plastic, finds its way into our oceans. As much as 13 million tonnes of plastic enters our oceans annually, according to...

23 Sep 2022

...landfills of developing countries after use, between March 2020 to November 2021 alone. At present, 30 per cent of healthcare facilities – as high as 60 per cent in the least developed countries – are...

18 May 2023

...landfills, dumpsites and public trash bins to recover recyclables. An estimated 10,000 to 16,000 people work as waste workers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city on a daily basis, and they play an integral ...

17 May 2023

Bali Hotels Association and Diversey embark on plastic upcycling programme PlasticShreds

...landfill or for these bottles to end up in rivers or oceans. The PlasticShreds demonstration was conducted at The Trans Resort Bali at Seminyak. Prior to the demo session, various BHA member hotels h...

6 Dec 2021

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