The global e-waste monitor 2024
<p>The world's electronic waste generation is increasing five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, according to the United Nation's fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) report.</p>
Waste Recycling
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RMC, snack makers’ meet on plastic inconclusive
RAJKOT: Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials and snacks makers’ meeting over disposal of multilayer plastic that the manufacturers use as wrappers for their snack item concluded inconclusively
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No rules in this job': Cairo's violent waste wars pit sorters against startups
“People do not just fight over garbage here, I have seen them fight to the death over garbage,” says Samaan Girgis. “There are no rules in this job.” Girgis is one of the Zabaleen (Arabic for “garbage
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Chinese firm opens 45 mln USD recycling plant in Kenya
A Chinese firm opened a 4.5 billion shilling (45 million U.S. dollars) plastic waste recycling plant in eastern Kenya on Monday to help curb environmental degradation. Weeco Recycling Company, which
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Temple leads the way in recycling rubbish
The Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai has come into the public spotlight with sorted garbage bins illustrated in Chinese, English and Japanese. Juexing, abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple, called on Buddhist
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Residents split on future of Romania's trash heap 'time-bomb'
The towering heap of rubbish at the Pata-Rat landfill in western Romania has been condemned as an "environmental time bomb" but for many of its neighbours, this putrid mountain of refuse is a livelihood—one
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Country 'will not relax' waste import ban
China will not relax its ban on imports of foreign waste after seeing a rapid decline last year, a senior official said on Thursday. After the State Council created an action plan in July 2017 to ban
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China plans to cut waste imports to zero by next year: official
China aims to cut solid waste imports to zero by next year as it looks to reduce pollution and encourage recyclers to treat soaring volumes of domestic trash, a senior environment ministry official said
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Cameroon: Electronic Waste Management- Multibillion Recycling Center Opens in Yaounde
Cameroon currently hosts the first electronic waste collection point in Central Africa. The multibillion centre was opened in Yaounde on March 19 by the Minister of Environment, Protection of Nature and
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Kenya to Benefit From Sh3.8 Billion Coca-Cola PET Recycling Project
Nairobi — Kenya is amongst the countries in Africa set to benefit from a Sh3.8 billion fund from Coca-Cola to stimulate plastic recycling industries and create awareness on plastic waste pollution.
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Plastics body calls on government to ring-fence bag levy
Plastics SA has called on the government to take steps immediately to ring-fence the plastic bag levy so it can all be used for recycling. Nearly R2bn has been raised since the supermarket plastic