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Race to restore: Building Asia-Pacific’s sustainable ocean economy
Mon, 8 February 2021
‘Unprecedented” might be judged the most used adjective of 2020, and too often for dire reasons. Yet the end of last year brought one more occasion to use the word, when the leaders of 14 countries put forward a new ocean action agenda underpinned by sustainably managing 100 per cent of national waters. Asia-Pacific nations were well represented on the high level panel, by leaders of Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan and Palau.
India requires effective, automated waste management model
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Hyderabad: Telangana Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD) Minister KT Rama Rao inaugurated Hyderabad s first-ever construction and demolition waste management plant at Jeedimetla, on Nov 7, 2020. The 500 TPD capacity plant is constr. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 8 : As environmental concerns gain prominence amid the pandemic, Abhay Deshpande, founder of Recykal, has said that the country requires an effective and automated waste management model.
He has also recommended the implementation of deposit return system to boost waste recycling in the country.
Deposit Return System or DRS, a system that enables users to return their packaging waste, in exchange for a refund on the deposit.
EU supports Vietnam in adopting better management of packaging waste 12:17 | 04/02/2021
The European Union cooperates with the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and other stakeholders to take steps towards efficient plastic waste management in Vietnam to reduce marine plastic litter.
Rui Ludovino, first counsellor at the Delegation of the EU to Vietnam, shared his thoughts about packaging management in Vietnam
The information was stressed at a consultation workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Plastic Packaging co-hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), the EU and Expertise France on January 20 in Ho Chi Minh City. The principle of EPR mechanism is outlined in the revised Law on Environmental Protection (LEP) in Vietnam.
Robert Miller: A coalition s effort to improve CT recycling
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Newspapers, cans, bottles and other recycled material sits in a huge pile at the Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Connecticut recycling facility on White Street in Danbury.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
In 1991, the state passed its mandatory recycling law.
In the three decades that have passed, much has changed. But not the laws, or people’s habits. They pull their garbage and recyclables to the curb for pick-up and think they’ve done their part.
“Something like 85 percent of people in the state want to recycle properly and they think they are doing it properly,” said Bethel First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker.
UPDATED: February 1, 2021 13:45 IST
Smoghouse Delhi: A polluted day in the national capital (Photo: Chandradeep Kumar)
Seven minutes to midnight. That was the setting of the doomsday clock the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists devised in 1947 to indicate just how close humanity was to a man-made global catastrophe caused by unchecked scientific and technological advances. Initially meant to warn of the dangers of a nuclear war, in recent decades, the threats caused by climate change have made the clock tick even faster. The Covid pandemic is a grim reminder of the consequences of upsetting nature s fragile balance by overexploiting earth s resources. The big message being, act now or face horrendous consequences.