Waste disposal trends
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Novi Atlas
A University of Bristol team has found a way to convert nuclear waste into man-made diamond batteries that can generate a small electric current for longer than the entire history of human civilization.
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Nezavisni
Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has to import rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. What lessons can we learn, asks Hazel Sheffield
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Znanstveno upozorenje
The Chinese city of Shenzhen plans to tackle its serious waste problem by burning 5,000 tonnes of it a day in what will become the largest waste-to-energy plant in the world.
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Scrap Monster
Under the plan, New Yorkers will no longer need to sort their recyclables, “dramatically increasing the city’s recycling rate,” de Blasio said. United States Waste & Recycling News
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Telegraf
Iceland has become the first major retailer to commit to eliminate plastic packaging for all own brand products within five years to help end the "scourge" of plastic pollution.
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Čuvar
Bruxelles cilja na plastiku za jednokratnu upotrebu u hitnom planu čišćenja koji ima za cilj učiniti svu ambalažu višekratnom ili recikliranom do 2030.
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Atlantik
Could waxworms—or something inside them—help degrade the planet’s mountains of plastic waste?
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Salon
L.A.'s ambitious plan to divert 90 percent of waste by 2025 isn't just about recycling. It's about remaking a city
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Salon
Other countries convert incinerated waste into electricity and heat. Could this help our trash crisis?
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Fast Company
Feed the hungry bugs an old plastic bottle, and get CO2 and water back–and it’s from two kids who are still in college.
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Čuvar
Amount of electronic waste up 63% in five years, with Chinas more than doubling, United Nations University report finds
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Gulf News
“World’s largest waste-to-energy plant” to supply 185MW of electricity daily by 2020
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Kanal Vijesti Azija
TAIPEI: Tajvan planira opću zabranu plastičnih predmeta za jednokratnu upotrebu, uključujući slamke, šalice i vrećice za kupnju do 2030., rekli su dužnosnici u četvrtak...
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Budućnost
The power that a new anaerobic digester generates helps keep it running, which makes it totally self-sustaining.
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Vox
Most homes across America have a stash of chemical cleaners under the sink that becomes hazardous waste as soon as you’re done using them. And some of the ho...
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CBC
Što učiniti sa svim onim plastičnim vilicama koje se ne mogu reciklirati, igračkama i polomljenim stolicama za terasu u našem smeću? Kanada i njezini G7 partneri kažu da bi spaljivanje takve plastike za energiju moglo biti dio rješenja. Ali to je kontroverzno. Evo pogleda na prednosti i nedostatke te kamo ide tehnologija.
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BBC
Plastični predmeti poput pribora za jelo i slamki bili bi zabranjeni u EU prema planovima koje su odobrili zastupnici Europskog parlamenta.
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Istraživanje Gate
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SVIJETLA STRANA
Kako riješiti problem plastičnog onečišćenja? Bakterije koje žderu plastiku: može li to biti odgovor na ekološku krizu čovječanstva? Uostalom, mi smo...
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Scientific American
Trillions of tiny particles generated by our plastic-reliant society are polluting environments worldwide
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Čuvar
European NGO says firms are likely to be at centre of global boom in plastic production
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Matična ploča
"The material value of e-waste alone is worth $62.5 billion, three times more than the annual output of the world’s silver mines and more than the GDP of most countries."
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Čuvar
Nasukane pliskavice, dupini i tuljani imali su prosječno 5.5 čestica u utrobi
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CNN
Dozens of laborers and factory operators sit hand-cuffed in rows on the pavement at an industrial park in Malaysia.
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ApNews
GENEVA (AP) — Almost every country in the world has agreed on a legally binding framework for reducing polluting plastic waste, with the United States a notable exception, United Nations...
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CBC
The Trudeau government will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, CBC News has learned. Plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks are just some of the single-use plastics that will be banned in Canada.
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Bloomberg
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Mreža dobrih vijesti
A renewable energy startup is using a new technology that can vaporize non-recyclable trash into energy—all without generating any emissions.
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swissinfo
Finding international studies on recycling may be easy, but crowning a champion is not.
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Chalmer
The fact that plastics do not break down, and therefore accumulate in our ecosystems, is one of our major environmental problems. But at Chalmers, a research group led by Henrik Thunman, Professor of Energy Technology, sees the resilience of plastic as an asset. The fact that it does not degrade mak
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Eurekalert
A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste to a molecular level. The resulting gases can then be transformed back into new plastics - of the same quality as the original. The new process could transform today's plastic factories into recycling refineries, within the framework of their existing infrastructure
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Hill
A pair of Australian scientists believe they have invented the technology that can recycle any type of plastic.
