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The ReUse Program diverts hundreds of tons of material from landfills and incineration each year.

A new initiative to reduce food waste and help end food insecurity in the United States has arrived at Georgetown: the Food Recovery Network.

Mounting marine pollution is choking the world’s oceans and rivers, especially in South-East Asia – and it’ll only get worse unless something changes.

Instead of throwing election tarpaulins that were collected by street sweepers after the May 9 elections, a group of women in Angono, Rizal made use of the materials to make utility bags. (Photo courtesy of Angono Municipal Government) The utility bags, which are machine sewn, were made o

Plastic sand bricks and blocks are a fantastic example of the type of innovation needed to develop a circular economy.

/PRNewswire/ -- Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in enterprise application development, today announced that Foodprint Group, a woman-owned firm...

The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) has trained personnel of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on the use of dual-drum composter, one of its green technologies. Dual-drum composter (DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña

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Meralco to source 1,500-MW renewable power in next 5 years May 26, 2021 | 12:06 am BW FILE PHOTO MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) plans to draw on renewable energy (RE) sources for 1,500 megawatts (MW) of its power needs in the next five years as the firm ramps up the construction of utility-scale renewables plants, a company official said on Tuesday. “We aim to accelerate our transition to cleaner energy as we pledge to source 1,500 MW of power requirements from renewable energy sources in the ...

What is composting and why does it matter? The first rays of sunlight beamed across the sleeping town of Chico as the low rumble of garbage trucks sounded off the Esplanade. Many Chico residents are waking up, making breakfast and throwing away tons of environmentally valuable waste that could be used in composting.  Many people don’t know that composting is nature’s way of recycling nutrients back into the soil. By composting, you can improve the fertility and health of gardens while also...