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User: dharmesh Topic: Urban Waste
Category: Waste :: Solid Waste
Last updated: Dec 26 2018 20:06 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Covid: PPE 'could be recycled' with help of sunlight 22.12.2020 BBC: Front Page
It could help tackle the problem of what to do with the pandemic's medical waste, scientists say.
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Toxic waste secretly dumped into Vishwamitri 19.12.2020 Vadodara News, Latest Gujarat news, Vadodara News Headlines & Live Updates - Times of India
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China biodegradable plastics 'failing to solve pollution crisis' 17.12.2020 BBC: World
China's increase in biodegradables is outpacing its ability to degrade plastic, warns Greenpeace.
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Webinar 13.12.2020 The Assam Tribune
Webinar
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Civic problems plague Hatigaon locality 13.12.2020 The Assam Tribune
Civic problems plague Hatigaon locality
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A struggling recycling industry faces new crisis with coronavirus 5.12.2020 LA Times: Environment

Still reeling from the loss of foreign markets, waste recyclers are facing new perils due to coronavirus and the falling price for new plastics
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China gets tough on firms over single-use plastics 1.12.2020 BBC: Business
It is part of a wider push to improve China's ranking as the world's biggest producer of plastic waste.
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Indoor dining restrictions aren’t helping Colorado’s recycling problem 29.11.2020 Denver Post: Local
As exploding COVID-19 numbers close down indoor dining in more than two dozen Colorado counties, restaurants are once again turning to pickup and delivery orders as their lifeline to staying in business. But with that surge in to-go eating comes yet another -- if rarely mentioned -- scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic: mounds and mounds of takeaway trash.
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Sri Lanka digs trench to deter scavenging elephants 27.11.2020 BBC: World
It's hoped the trench will keep the animals out of a rubbish dump which is near a wildlife sanctuary.
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Waste management NGO awarded 27.11.2020 The Assam Tribune
Waste management NGO awarded
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Sri Lanka digs trench to keep elephants away from rubbish dump 26.11.2020 BBC: Front Page
Elephants have been swarming to a landfill site, where they have been eating harmful plastics.
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As smog engulfs Lahore, authorities in Pakistan blame India 26.11.2020 Scroll.in
The air quality index of Lahore and Faisalabad was worse than New Delhi in early November.
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Colorado recycling drops, and state is working to fix that 22.11.2020 Denver Post: News: Local
From 2018 to 2019, the state’s recycling rate dropped to 15.9% from 17.2%, far below the national average of 35%, according to an annual report released by Eco-Cycle and the Colorado Public Interest Research Group.
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Review: Extreme alienation reigns in the Hammer Museum's (unopened) biennial 11.11.2020 LA Times: Health

Abhorrence is an undercurrent of "Made in L.A.," this year installed at the Hammer and the Huntington — both still waiting to reopen galleries closed by COVID-19.
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Used plastic masks and gloves are making their way into water bodies across India 2.11.2020 Scroll.in - News that matters
Inadequate biomedical waste treatment plants and an ineffective waste disposal system in the country is posing a serious threat to marine species.
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Plastic recycling in South Korea was already in crisis. The pandemic is pushing it to the brink 21.10.2020 L.A. Times - World News

The surge in plastic waste caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may push over the edge an already fragile ecosystem of recycling plastic, already strained by falling oil prices and interruptions in the global trade in recyclables.
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Coronavirus: Face masks are worsening Earth’s waste problem. Here’s how you can help 17.10.2020 Scroll.in - News that matters
From a purely environmental perspective, owning multiple reusable face masks, and machine-washing them together, is the best option.
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Pvt firm rendering yeoman service in keeping Tezpur clean 13.10.2020 The Assam Tribune
Pvt firm rendering yeoman service in keeping Tezpur clean
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Editorial: Don't despair. California's fight against plastic trash is far from over 8.10.2020 LA Times: Opinion

The failure of a landmark plastic pollution bill in the Legislature in August was a setback, but not the end of the effort to reduce plastic trash.
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Indian government wants manufacturers to manage plastic waste – but its proposed rules are rubbish 7.10.2020 Scroll.in
Industry experts say the draft rules do not hold producers responsible, instead offering them ways to evade responsibility.
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