Recycling

E-waste management warrants introspection, reexamination, and course correction

It is time we seriously examine our consumption and disposal of electrical and electronic equipment and make it environmentally conscious

Criminals profiteering off plastic waste, adding to polluting by burning them instead of recycling: Interpol report

Illicit shipments of waste have surged towards South and Southeast Asian nations in the last two years after restrictions on imports were tightened in China in early 2018.

The world dumped 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year and recycled only 17.4 percent

China was the biggest contributor to e-waste with 10.1 million tonnes, second was US with 6.9 million tonnes and India third with 3.2 million tonnes.

Chinese novel The Waste Tide goes where little writing ever does — the recycling industry and class inequality at its heart

The greatest lesson of Chinese author Chen Qiufan’s little-known novel, The Waste Tide, may be that trash is frequently invisible to those who create it — as are the people who process it, such as manual scavengers, the labourers in ship breaking yards and so on.

On singles day, waste from China's e-commerce delivery will quadruple from 2025 says green groups

Greenpeace estimates that the waste exceeds 250,000 tonnes even though there is no official figure.

PepsiCo to start distribution of Aquafina water in aluminum cans from 2020

PepsiCo aims to make aims packaging either 100% recyclable, compostable or biodegradable by 2025.

Southeast Asian countries refuse to be garbage dumps, sending world's trash back

On 1 January 2018, China closed its doors to almost all foreign plastic waste, as well as other recyclables.

Mahindra produces an inspiring eco-friendly film using a set made of recycled wastepaper

With the aim to drive a positive societal change, Mahindra created a film titled ‘The Hardest Worker’.

Malaysia to send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to countries of origin; identifies 14 nations, including US, as perpetrators

Malaysia will send as much as 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to the countries it came from, the environment minister said on Tuesday, the latest Asian country to reject rich countries’ rubbish

With no waste disposal plan, India’s solar power programme may lead to loss of biodiversity

India's solar power programme has no policy to address waste. Leaching of these hazardous chemicals into the ecosystem can result in loss of biodiversity.