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...landfill.” Opponents of incineration argue that it’s far from a benign alternative to landfilling. Some claim that the practice can discourage recycling. The Zero Waste Hierarchy, created by the Cal...

23 Oct 2019

...landfill. Conservationists are calling for tougher enforcement of the ban to ensure compliance. Bhutan Bhutan is located in one of the world's ten most biodiverse regions, the Eastern Himalayas. Im...

22 Apr 2021

...landfill by half by 2030. The company said Kwok's departure would not affect its commitment to meeting sustainability goals. "While it was very difficult to say goodbye to Jeannie, we intend to build ...

31 Jul 2020

...landfills. However, the path to an ecological civilisation is more ambitious than that; it includes waste reduction, sorting and increasing efficiency. Waste management planning should align with th...

21 Aug 2020

...landfill as flammable toxic waste that can contaminate soil and groundwater. Though recyclable, Li-ion batteries are difficult and expensive to recycle, and the electronics industry has focused on ext...

4 Aug 2020

...landfill. Now, it's built into the expansion plans for every single cloud kitchen moving forward. It's the same thing with our fulfillment centres — we're planning to scale those fulfillment centres t...

28 Jul 2022

Blue Planet moves closer to ‘zero waste to landfill’ vision with new green building solution

...landfill’,” said Bharadwaj Chivukula, founder, Blue Planet. By combining Blockwalls technology with its existing organic, plastic and metal waste processing technologies in its portfolio,...

29 Aug 2019

...landfills, or are dumped illegally, choking waterways and posing as a fire hazard. A small portion of these tyres are shredded and recycled to make rubber pavement. Often, waste tyres are shipped over...

18 Sep 2020

...landfill or anywhere near a recycling facility, the researchers found. In fact, an average 2,000 kilograms (4,400 pounds) of plastic waste per week might leak into the ocean from just a single village...

9 Sep 2020

...landfill silicon crystalline solar panels, which dominate 80 per cent of the global market, than to recycle them. Recovered materials are often more expensive than virgin ones, making circular busines...

8 Jan 2020

How Biden's climate agenda aims to trigger a 'good-paying' jobs boom

Geopolitical competition with China will dominate the United States’ strategy in Asia under President Biden. Beijing’s continued investment in its formidable military and strategic regional infrastruc...

5 Apr 2021

...landfill, neglecting to build up storm surge protections. As a result, when Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy hammered the city in 2011 and 2012, respectively, lower Manhattan, including the city’s...

12 Aug 2020

a shelf of cockroaches at Shandong Qiaobin Agricultural Technology Co., in Jinan, China. WOCHIT NEWS YOUTUBE

...landfill, the bioengineered car parts will be lighter and use less petroleum. Protein from algae A new protein made with microalgae, which requires just 0.02 hectares of land to cultivate, can be used...

24 Dec 2019

...landfill of hazardous waste. Vincent Magnenat is the CEO of Lombard Odier Group in Asia Pacific.

16 Dec 2019

Ng Pei Kang had been working for six years as the innovations lead in one of the world’s top health technology companies when he decided to make a career switch to sustainability. Coming from the cons...

12 Jan 2021

Blue Planet raises US$25 million from Nomura

...landfill', which is a long-term ambition to eliminate waste from business activities, downstream consumption and waste handling processes. For us, this means developing capabilities to process all the...

24 Mar 2020

...landfill our rubbish, so it might be greener to avoid biodegradable products," said Ng. Biodegradable products break down into natural elements after they're used, unlike durables such as plastic. How...

28 Aug 2020

A customer using a disposable plastic glove holds a paper bag of products at a Scoop store in Singapore.

A high-end organic foods retailer promoted as "plastic-free shopping" has mandated disposable plastic gloves for customers in its stores in Singapore as a coronavirus prevention measure. Before enteri...

29 Jun 2020

Blue Planet’s latest acquisition marks entry into industrial waste processing

...landfill, it is the only company in North Malaysia that will be able to provide secure and efficient industrial waste management and recycling services. The landfill is expected to be operational next...

19 Aug 2019

...landfill. The off-shore landfill, where incinerator ash is deposited, comprises silt screens, an on-site wastewaste treatment plant for water to be discharged into the sea, and an impermeable layer to...

12 Jun 2019

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