The initiative also plants trees in urban areas to help combat air pollution, and it recently finished recycling 2 million ...

The Singapore-based Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has issued two playbooks designed to boost the collection and sorting of plastic packaging for recycling, including one that addresses the role ...

Zero-waste efforts are underway in a number of communities around the world. Cities are adopting new principles and changing the way waste is handled and managed. They are also demonstrating that ...

Flotation separation techniques have emerged as a promising solution to the escalating challenge of plastic waste recycling. By utilising the inherent differences in plastic surface properties, ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

PLASTIC manufacturers say more needs to be done to boost separation at source and recycling rates in Johor. Malaysia Plastic Manufacturers Association (MPMA) Johor branch chairman Mike Tan said waste ...

It is important for scrap yard managers to be able to track the separation performance of the yard over time. This makes it easier to monitor losses and determine if there may be problems with the ...

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I am leading the initiative of the United Nations High Level Climate Champions on open waste burning in Africa. When African environment ministers met in Senegal in mid-September, they made one of the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 31, 2013 – Today the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of US$80 million to the People’s Republic of China to help improve municipal solid waste management ...