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New York City Fights Scavengers Over a Treasure: Trash
2016-03-21 22:32:00| Waste Age
The New York Times Even amid ambitious goals for waste reduction and new strategies for recycling established by Mayor Bill de Blasio, the problem of scavenging persists. read more
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See What Artists-in-Residence at a Trash Dump Create
2016-03-21 14:24:00| Waste Age
Atlas Obscura Meet the artists who transform San Francisco's trash into art. read more
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Green entrepreneurs tackle Indonesia's growing trash mountains
2016-03-17 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some residents of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, frustrated by the mounting trash problem across the sprawling metropolis, have started taking matters into their own hands. Hamidi, a young "green entrepreneur" became so concerned by the overflowing Jakarta city dump that he began turning discarded plastic into fuel. "At the very beginning I just wanted to start a business," said Hamidi, who started his waste-to-energy initiative a year ago in Tangerang, a satellite city about 25 km (15 miles)...
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Germantown Approves 5-Year Trash Contract with Waste Pro
2016-03-15 21:21:00| Waste Age
The Commercial Appeal Germantown will have a new garbage provider July 1, ending a short but rancorous chapter in the city's history. read more
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Lebanese government approves plan to solve trash crisis
2016-03-12 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Lebanese government on Saturday approved a plan to solve a seven-month garbage crisis that has fueled protests against the dysfunctional state and raised concerns for public health. Two landfills will be established near Beirut, and a third one south of the city will be reopened for two months to receive trash that has piled up since July, Information Minister Ramzi Jreij said after the cabinet meeting. The Lebanese trash crisis began when the landfill south of Beirut was closed with no...
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