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LG, Samsung Sue Indian Government Over Electronic-Waste Pricing Policy
LG and Samsung have sued India's government to quash a policy which increases payouts to electronic-waste recyclers. The lawsuits mark an escalation of a standoff involving foreign companies' and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over its stance towards waste management practices.
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NASA Offers $3 Million Prize In A Contest To Recycle Human Poop In Space
NASA is seeking technological solutions for recycling human waste in space and has launched a competition with a prize of $3 million for the winning team.
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94% Plastic Recycled In 4 Hours: Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Method Powered By Air Moisture
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking method to break down plastic waste using moisture from the air.
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India Can Turn "Fast Fashion" Waste Into Opportunity: PM Modi At Bharat Tex 2025
India's textile industry can turn 'fast fashion waste' into an opportunity, leveraging the country's diverse traditional skills in textile recycling and upcycling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday evening, speaking at Bharat Tex 2025.
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Mealworms Can Eat Plastic, But Study Shows Limited Impact on Pollution Crisis
Research published in Biology Letters has examined the ability of mealworms to break down plastics, including disposable face masks. According to the study, it takes 100 mealworms about 138 days to consume a single polypropylene mask. The findings indicate that while insects like mealworms can eat and degrade plastics, their slow consumption rate m...
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New Global Policies to Cut Plastic Waste and Reduce Carbon Emissions by 2050
A study from UC Santa Barbara and Berkeley suggests four key policies that could reduce global plastic waste mismanagement by 91 percent and cut related emissions by 30 percent by 2050. The policies include a mandate for 40 percent recycled plastic in new products, a cap on plastic production, greater investment in waste management, and a fee on pl...
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Why You Should Never Throw Away Food Delivery Boxes Without Doing This First
Food Delivery Boxes Uses: This viral video exposes the gross truth about disposing takeout boxes - and it's eye-opening.
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Japan’s Fermentation Innovation Turns Food Waste into High-Quality Pig Feed
Japan is making strides in sustainability with an innovative approach to food waste. Koichi Takahashi, founder of the Japan Food Ecology Center, has developed a fermentation process that transforms leftover food into nutritious pig feed. This method addresses both environmental and economic challenges by recycling food scraps, which include leftove...
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5 Genius Ways to Reuse Leftover Cucumber Peels
There is nothing that screams summer more than cucumber. But its peels are often discarded. Try these 5 easy ways to give your leftover cucumber peels a second life.
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Lightning Strike Hits UK Biogas Plant, Sends A Huge Fireball Into Sky
A lightning strike hit a UK food waste recycling plant on Monday, sending a huge fireball into the night sky and cutting power nearby.
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Chatbots Like ChatGPT That Won’t Take Bribes for Giving Advice a Hit in India
ChatGPT is gaining popularity in India and an AI trial that happened in Bangalore offered India’s domestic workers, waste recyclers and struggling farmers a hands-on experience with the new tool. The new tech can assist in professional communications, empower people who don’t have language skills and help those who have a disability.
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World's First Sunglasses Made With Chips Packets In India - It's Impressive
The Pune-based company made the novel breakthrough in their small laboratory after two years of research. They found a way to cut through the multi-layer plastic (MLP) and turn it into trendy sunglasses.
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'Rudra Veena', Weighing More Than 5 Tonnes, Made Using Scrap In Bhopal
Rs 10 lakh was spent on its creation by the artists and the work was completed in around six months.
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Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World's Total Mobiles in 2022: Report
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred times h...
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Re-Sustainability To Recycle 30,000-Tonne Debris From Noida Twin Towers
Re-Sustainability today said it has bagged a contract to recycle 30,000 tonne of waste generated from the demolition of Supertech's twin towers over the next three months.
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LG, Samsung Sue Indian Government Over Electronic-Waste Pricing Policy
LG and Samsung have sued India's government to quash a policy which increases payouts to electronic-waste recyclers. The lawsuits mark an escalation of a standoff involving foreign companies' and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over its stance towards waste management practices.
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NASA Offers $3 Million Prize In A Contest To Recycle Human Poop In Space
NASA is seeking technological solutions for recycling human waste in space and has launched a competition with a prize of $3 million for the winning team.
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94% Plastic Recycled In 4 Hours: Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Method Powered By Air Moisture
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking method to break down plastic waste using moisture from the air.
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India Can Turn "Fast Fashion" Waste Into Opportunity: PM Modi At Bharat Tex 2025
India's textile industry can turn 'fast fashion waste' into an opportunity, leveraging the country's diverse traditional skills in textile recycling and upcycling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday evening, speaking at Bharat Tex 2025.
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Mealworms Can Eat Plastic, But Study Shows Limited Impact on Pollution Crisis
Research published in Biology Letters has examined the ability of mealworms to break down plastics, including disposable face masks. According to the study, it takes 100 mealworms about 138 days to consume a single polypropylene mask. The findings indicate that while insects like mealworms can eat and degrade plastics, their slow consumption rate m...
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New Global Policies to Cut Plastic Waste and Reduce Carbon Emissions by 2050
A study from UC Santa Barbara and Berkeley suggests four key policies that could reduce global plastic waste mismanagement by 91 percent and cut related emissions by 30 percent by 2050. The policies include a mandate for 40 percent recycled plastic in new products, a cap on plastic production, greater investment in waste management, and a fee on pl...
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Why You Should Never Throw Away Food Delivery Boxes Without Doing This First
Food Delivery Boxes Uses: This viral video exposes the gross truth about disposing takeout boxes - and it's eye-opening.
-
Japan’s Fermentation Innovation Turns Food Waste into High-Quality Pig Feed
Japan is making strides in sustainability with an innovative approach to food waste. Koichi Takahashi, founder of the Japan Food Ecology Center, has developed a fermentation process that transforms leftover food into nutritious pig feed. This method addresses both environmental and economic challenges by recycling food scraps, which include leftove...
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5 Genius Ways to Reuse Leftover Cucumber Peels
There is nothing that screams summer more than cucumber. But its peels are often discarded. Try these 5 easy ways to give your leftover cucumber peels a second life.
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Lightning Strike Hits UK Biogas Plant, Sends A Huge Fireball Into Sky
A lightning strike hit a UK food waste recycling plant on Monday, sending a huge fireball into the night sky and cutting power nearby.
-
Chatbots Like ChatGPT That Won’t Take Bribes for Giving Advice a Hit in India
ChatGPT is gaining popularity in India and an AI trial that happened in Bangalore offered India’s domestic workers, waste recyclers and struggling farmers a hands-on experience with the new tool. The new tech can assist in professional communications, empower people who don’t have language skills and help those who have a disability.
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World's First Sunglasses Made With Chips Packets In India - It's Impressive
The Pune-based company made the novel breakthrough in their small laboratory after two years of research. They found a way to cut through the multi-layer plastic (MLP) and turn it into trendy sunglasses.
-
'Rudra Veena', Weighing More Than 5 Tonnes, Made Using Scrap In Bhopal
Rs 10 lakh was spent on its creation by the artists and the work was completed in around six months.
-
Smartphone Waste to Constitute Over 30 Percent of World's Total Mobiles in 2022: Report
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred times h...
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Re-Sustainability To Recycle 30,000-Tonne Debris From Noida Twin Towers
Re-Sustainability today said it has bagged a contract to recycle 30,000 tonne of waste generated from the demolition of Supertech's twin towers over the next three months.
