PIONEERING ITALIAN TOWN LEADS EUROPE IN WASTE RECYCLING
Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling. Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a […]
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WASTE PICKERS IN COLOMBIA EARN FORMAL RECOGNITION
IPS – Waste Pickers in Colombia Earn Formal Recognition | Inter Press Service. Nora Padilla, one of the six winners of this year’s Goldman environmental prize, dedicates her days to […]
ITALY WASTE CAMPAIGNER WINS 2013 GOLDMAN PRIZE
An environmental campaigner, considered to be the driving force behind Italy’s zero-waste movement, is one of the winners of the 2013 Goldman Prize.
AN UNLIKELY ORCHESTRA TURNS TRASH INTO (MUSICAL) TREASURE
Juan is a resident of Cateura, a landfill outside Paraguay’s capital city, Asuncion. About 2,500 families make their homes—and their livelihoods—in and around this dump, sifting through 1,500 tons of […]
FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: EVEREST LITTER BECOMES ART
Fifteen Nepali artists were closeted for a month with a heap of 1.5 metric tons (1.7 tons) of trash picked up from Mount Everest. When they emerged, they had transformed […]
BRAZILIAN CITY OFFERS VEGETABLES IN EXCHANGE FOR TRASH
In many urban centers throughout the world, vibrant waste recycling programs aren’t just eco-minded niceties, they serve an essential role in keeping communities clean and clutter-free. But thanks to one […]
BRAZIL’S BIGGEST RUBBISH DUMP CLOSES IN RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil’s biggest open-air landfill has been closed on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro after 34 years in operation. The Jardim Gramacho dump, a mountain of rubbish near the city’s […]
CONSUMERS TO WIN FROM RECYCLING PLAN
NSW consumers will be able to turn old cans and bottles into cash under a Greens’ recycling proposal to be put to the NSW parliament on Tuesday.
SEATTLE IDEA: FEWER TRASH PICKUPS, MORE RECYCLING
Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set […]
MEXICO CITY CLOSES VAST TRASH DUMP
Mexico City will close one of the world’s largest garbage dumps by Dec. 31 and will instead turn the garbage from millions of people into reusable materials and energy, Mayor […]
