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Waste Management in Vietnam: The Race Is on
In 2015, Vietnam was number four out of five countries that dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined. To attribute the country “drowning in waste” was not witty, but accurate. Progress in the waste treatment technology during the last years delivers what a study called “a proof for hope […]
Brazil: Challenges for the Future
Brazil, the biggest country in Latin America, generates nearly 80 million tons of solid waste every year. Concerning selective waste collection and recycling, there is still plenty of room for improvement. In 2018, 79 million tons of urban solid waste were produced in the country, Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), a Brazilian public company to […]
SCIP – The New ECHA-Database for Substances of Concern
SCIP stands for “substances of concern in products” and is a new database that will be set up by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and will be accessible in all Member States of the European Union (EU). It is planned to feed it with information on “substances of concern” in products. This information will be […]
Kenya: Collaboration to Manage Plastic Waste
After the launch of the Kenya Plastic Action Plan, which aims at enabling a circular economy for environmentally sustainable use and recycling of plastics in the country, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has partnered with Clever Green Kenya (CGK). The goal is to manage post-consumer plastic waste in the country through the formation and […]
Substantial Investments in New Projects Spur Growth
The South African waste management industry is depicting continual growth, the market research store Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com) informed as it introduced its new report “Middle East And Africa Waste-To-Energy (WTE) Market 2019-2027”. According to the information, the industry in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region would grow with a CAGR (compound annual growth […]
“Circulytics”: A New Circularity Measurement Tool
Since January the Ellen MacArthur Foundation offers “Circulytics”, the “digital measuring tool which gives companies a fully comprehensive picture of their circularity across all operations”. The new tool permits companies to track their progress. “Developed and tested by more than 30 companies from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s network, ‘Circulytics’ informs strategy, allows users to see […]
Ghost Nets: What Happens to the Spirits the Fishery Invoked?
The number of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) left in the oceans is unknown. The most mentioned figure is 640.000 tons each year, deriving from a joint report by FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). Other estimations indicate that 46 to 70 percent of microplastic […]
Initiatives to Intensify Recycling
In November last year, politicians introduced two legislation acts. As reported, the United States Senators Rob Portman and Debbie Stabenow introduced a new legislation – the Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education Act (RECYCLE Act) – to create a new federal grant program through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to […]
USA: National Framework for Advancing the Recycling System
The National Framework for Advancing the U.S. Recycling System, released in November 2019, is the product of a multi-stakeholder collaborative effort that began one year earlier. As reported, in November 2018 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted the first America Recycles Day Summit, which brought together stakeholders from across the U.S. recycling system to join […]
Russia: Plans to Intensify Recycling Activities
The country intends to increase the volume of domestic waste recycling during the next years. Russia plans to significantly increase the volume of waste recycling during the next several years and to raise the level of profitability of this business, according to recent statements of the Russian Minister of Natural Resources, Dmitry Kobylkin, who is […]