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  • Trash For School & Health: Ugandan Innovator Uses Technology to Incentivize Plastic Waste Collection

    May 06, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kajjansi

    Recycle Pay encourages residents of Uganda to collect plastic waste by awarding them points that can be redeemed for cash, healthcare credits, or school fees. The whole process is organized on an app.

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  • Could a Landfill Power Your Home?

    May 02, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Landfills in the United States are capturing a potent greenhouse gas, methane, that would otherwise be released into the air and converting it to electricity or natural gas.

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  • From Trash to Dirt: What To Do With Your Leftover Food

    April 26, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The University of Georgia is working to make composting more accessible by offering various dropoff locations for compostable materials, such as the UGArden community farm. The university also offers UGA Campus Compost, which is a student-run program that uses e-bikes to collect compost bins around campus, making it easier for students to participate in in reducing their waste.

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  • Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

    April 25, 2024 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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  • Sustainable plastic recycling: Cleaner life for us, better livelihood for waste collectors

    April 22, 2024 |

    Bangladesh First |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Narayanganj

    The Recycling for the Environment by Strengthening Income and Livelihoods of Entrepreneurs (RESILIENT) Project helps support the economy of waste collectors and aggregators by providing training, safety equipment and mentorship on how to handle finances and operate a waste business. Waste collectors and aggregators who have participated in the RESILIENT Project earn increased profits and are able to collect and recycle more plastics and other materials.

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  • Got Broken Stuff? The Tool Library Has a Fix

    April 19, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Dare to Repair helps people repair broken electronics, small appliances, and other items instead of throwing them away. Its Tool Library has diverted 7,779 pounds of waste from landfills and amassed a collection of nearly 5,000 tools available to community members. There are more than 3,000 repair cafes around the world and Buffalo’s Dare to Repair has nearly 1,500 members and processes more than 14,000 tool loans a year.

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  • As illegal dumping continues in Macon, why aren't people using free resources?

    April 18, 2024 |

    The Macon Newsroom |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    The Macon-Bibb Solid Waste Department launched three convenience centers throughout the county where residents can dispose of excess hazardous waste like tires, furniture, paint and batteries for free. Although the county still struggles with residents leaving waste at illegal dumping locations, the Department says about 2,000 people use the convenience centers each week.

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  • El reciclaje de plástico en Costa Rica

    April 18, 2024 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    PWI y Bosque Plástico han desarrollado procesos especializados para reciclar plásticos complejos y mixtos que tradicionalmente se desechan, convirtiendo residuos industriales y domésticos en materias primas secundarias de alta calidad y productos como madera plástica, generando empleo y reduciendo la contaminación plástica en Costa Rica.

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  • Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States

    State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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  • From Waste to Waves: How Shell to Shore is Working with Restaurants to Save Georgia's Coastline through Oysters

    March 14, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens-based nonprofit Shell to Shore collects oyster shells from restaurants in Georgia to recycle into manmade reefs that will mitigate erosion and flooding.

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