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Colourful Sorting Bins Successfully Encourage Beijing Residents To Curb Waste Crisis With Fines For Non-Compliers

3 Mins Read Household rubbish sorting is now mandatory in Beijing, the capital city of China. It is the latest of 16 cities that have enforced the regulation, as a part of the country’s wider efforts to curb its monumental waste crisis. While the move is a step in the right direction, the bigger problem of our overconsumption […]

May 12, 2020 Read more

Argentina To Replace China As World’s Dumping Ground For Plastic Waste

3 Mins Read In August this year, Argentina changed its definition of what counts as “waste”, a move that could enable the import of millions of tonnes of low-grade plastic waste scraps discarded in the United States. Environmental campaigners have voiced their concerns, saying that Argentina could turn into the “sacrificial country” for plastic waste, potentially taking over […]

Nov 10, 2019 Read more