waste
The Road to Circularity: Key Insights on the Transition to a Circular Economy in India
19 August 2024
Interview with Ms. Shalini Goyal Bhalla, Managing Director of International Council for Circular Economy. Examining India’s environmental challenges, including the impact of consumer awareness, and the innovative solutions advancing sustainable practices nationwide. India is making significant strides towards adopting a circular economy. But if EU’s commitment to achieving a carbon-neutral circular economy by 2050 may ... Mai mult
Missing the Targets: Revise the WEEE Directive to match market realities
29 July 2024
European Commission recently launched formal infringement procedures against all 27 member states for failing to meet waste collection and recycling targets as mandated by EU law. This legal action highlights the challenges faced by the European Union in achieving its ambitious environmental goals. APPLiA, representing the home appliance industry, believes that this juncture again highlights ... Mai mult
How we’re supporting a multinational AI strategy for GreenTech
12 July 2024
We’re excited to share that Greyparrot Analyzer is helping Europe’s largest PET plastic recycler maximize their yield and support waste regulation. GreenTech — part of the Romania-based Green Group — have kicked off AI adoption by deploying Analyzers at key facilities in Romania, Lithuania and Slovakia. With each country presenting its own use-cases for AI waste analytics, ... Mai mult
China’s landfills brim with textile waste as fast fashion reigns
10 July 2024
At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket sleeves, collars and brand labels protrude floor. Jacket sleeves, collars and brand labels protrude from the stacks as workers feed the garments into shredding ... Mai mult
Mount Everest camp will take years to clean, says local sherpa
6 July 2024
Since the peak was first conquered in 1953, thousands of climbers have scaled it and many have left behind more than just their footprints. The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked ... Mai mult
Carmignac photojournalism award exposes dangers of e-waste problem in Ghana
5 July 2024
The resulting images capture the immensity of the e-waste problem and the vulnerability of Ghanaians caught up in the system. The 13th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award, which funds the annual production of an investigative photo report on human rights violations, is dedicated to Ghana and the issue of e-waste. The striking images highlight ... Mai mult
‘They don’t know if they’ll survive’: The Indian garbage pickers working through extreme heat
2 July 2024
For millions of Indians, the extreme heat of the summer makes their daily lives even harder. The putrid smell of burning rubbish wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of the Indian city of Jammu – a potentially toxic miasma fed by the waste generated by some 740,000 people. Some citizens, though, ... Mai mult
Case Study: Green Mining is driving circularity and empowering waste pickers in Brazil
25 June 2024
A unique waste management solution developed for the Brazilian beauty franchise, the Boticário Group, has empowered over 2,000 waste pickers, increased recycling rates, and reduced CO2 emissions across multiple cities, transforming waste management and supporting local communities. What is reverse logistics and how it drives circularity Post-consumer waste packaging refers to packaging materials discarded after ... Mai mult
What’s with these new lids? It’s the EU’s next step to cut down on single-use plastics
12 June 2024
REMEMBER PLASTIC STRAWS? Well wave goodbye to ‘untethered caps’ as the same EU law that made it so we had to use paper straws is now coming after our lids. The EU Directive on single-use plastics encourages citizens to cut down and properly dispose of plastic materials. In 2019, the first enforcement of this directive came in ... Mai mult
