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ALGERIA: The MyGeocycle platform is launched to digitise waste management

ALGERIA: The MyGeocycle platform is launched to digitise waste management

Tired Earth August 27, 2024

Digitising the solid waste management system to make collection, transport and treatment more efficient over the next few years.

EU agrees on heavily contested law to cut packaging waste

EU agrees on heavily contested law to cut packaging waste

Tired Earth March 06, 2024

The controversial overhaul of the EU’s packaging waste rules was agreed in Brussels on Monday (4 March), paving the way....

Deal on EU trash export ban hailed as end of ‘waste colonialism’

Deal on EU trash export ban hailed as end of ‘waste colonialism’

Michael Murphy December 24, 2023

Environmental groups have applauded a landmark political agreement reached at the EU level last month to ban the export of....

‘Pay-as-you-throw’: The microchips conquering Europe’s waste bins

‘Pay-as-you-throw’: The microchips conquering Europe’s waste bins

Michael Murphy December 10, 2023

To reduce household waste, a growing number of local authorities in Europe have started putting microchips on waste bins and....

Malaysian Kids Teach Adults the Importance of Taking Care of the Environment

Malaysian Kids Teach Adults the Importance of Taking Care of the Environment

Liang Lan January 17, 2022

RHB Bank has launched a Chinese New Year campaign featuring the film ‘A Spark for Change’, which was conceived and....

Climate Change: How Fast Fashion Hurts The Environment

Climate Change: How Fast Fashion Hurts The Environment

Liang Lan January 03, 2022

Fast fashion is based on the idea of creating a false demand for fresh looks so that more clothes are....

Increased Medical Waste in the Times of Corona

Increased Medical Waste in the Times of Corona

Selva Ozelli February 17, 2021

During the pandemic, single use personal protective equipment (PPE) has driven increased plastic pollution. The WHO has requested a 40%....

India collected just 3% e-waste generated in 2018, 10% in 2019: CPCB report

India collected just 3% e-waste generated in 2018, 10% in 2019: CPCB report

January 20, 2021

In 2020, e-waste generation rose 32 per cent to 1,014,961 tonne