Bengaluru to get its first waste-to-value park to reduce landfill load

3 December 2025

Carbon Masters India (CMIPL), a climate-tech venture pioneering circular economy solutions, has collaborated with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Saatarem Alternative Fuel and Energy (SAAFE), to build Bengaluru’s first waste-to-value park to reduce landfill load. Bengaluru’s deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, led the foundation stone laying ceremony at the Kannahalli Municipal Waste plant, Bengaluru ... Mai mult

Africa’s Waste Crisis Is a Missed Billion-Dollar Opportunity

3 December 2025

Africa is discarding renewable feedstocks that global markets urgently need, even as the African circular economy begins to gain momentum. Europe continues to increase imports of waste-based inputs like used cooking oil to meet renewable fuel mandates, while millions of tons of African waste remain uncollected and unmonetized. Nigeria alone generates huge volumes of used ... Mai mult

Amenzi pentru abandonarea deșeurilor la Bucov

3 December 2025

Zilele acestea au fost aplicate amenzi contravenționale pentru abandonarea deșeurilor pe spațiul public, la Bucov. Cu ajutorul sistemului de supraveghere, cu camere, au fost identificate două persoane care au abandonat gunoi pe raza comunei Bucov. Citește mai mult

EWSU to shut down septic, grease waste receiving station next year

3 December 2025

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Local septic and grease haulers were recently made aware that the receiving station they bring waste to, which is located at EWSU’s water treatment plant, will no longer be available to them. Haulers work to dispose of septic and grease waste from local homes, restaurants, businesses, and more. For decades, they’ve ... Mai mult

Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report

3 December 2025

The 66m tonnes of pollution from plastic packaging that enters the global environment each year could be almost eliminated by 2040 primarily by reuse and return schemes, significant new research reveals. In the most wide-ranging analysis of the global plastic system, the Pew Charitable Trusts, in collaboration with academics including at Imperial College London and ... Mai mult

Dorset Council Waste Services Team issue recycling advice

3 December 2025

The council’s waste services team is asking residents to put their glass boxes out for collection early in December when there could be more bottles than normal due to festivities around Christmas. A spokesperson for Dorset Council’s Waste Services Team said: “Can you help keep your bin crew members happy this Christmas month? Please put ... Mai mult

Labour sets 2042 as target to cut waste by half

3 December 2025

We need to make 50% less waste. That is the headline driving the UK’s new plan to slash the rubbish we throw away and force a shift to a cleaner circular economy. By 2042 residual waste must drop to 287kg per person which is roughly half the 2019 level. The first checkpoint lands in 2030 ... Mai mult

Predicții sumbre pentru omenire în 2040: Vor exista deșeuri de plastic cât pentru o basculantă pe secundă, iar sănătatea va fi un lux

3 December 2025

Aceasta este una dintre statisticile alarmante din raportul „Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025”, realizat de Pew Charitable Trusts împreună cu ICF International. Raportul oferă o analiză cuprinzătoare a poluării cu plastic şi a efectului acesteia asupra sănătăţii umane şi a mediului. În luna august, discuţiile pentru elaborarea unui tratat internaţional care să limiteze poluarea cu ... Mai mult