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How to get rewards for your rubbish

Harriet Noble

August 13, 2018 |

BBC |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Waste has value, says Bilikiss Abiola, founder of Wecyclers. Her team travels through the slums in Lagos on bicycles, paying families cash in exchange for their recyclable trash. The business has made the city cleaner and created at least 80 jobs.

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How one Canadian food court eliminated 117 bags of garbage a day

Emily Chung

August 10, 2018 |

CBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto

A food court in Toronto was generating 120 bags of trash per day due to serving their fast food varietals in non-recyclable containers. After changing the way they serve food and how they market the feasibility of recycling and composting to food court customers, they have seen their garbage output reduced to only three bags per day.

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Why Millions Listen to This Girl

Harriet Noble

August 07, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: England, London

Through changes in daily routines or the structure of choices, ‘nudge’ theory can move people towards acting in ways that are beneficial to themselves and others. In this instance, a nine-year old girl’s voice presented a novel sound and made people more inclined to listen to safety announcements at bustling London underground stations.

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Colby for a Cause

Jill Harkins

August 02, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philabundance, a nonprofit organization aimed at fighting food insecurity, has a sustainable and creative solution. They launched a line of cheeses, known as Abundantly Good, and proceeds will help pay farmers to turn extra milk into cheese for people grappling with hunger. The process will engage ethically-minded consumers, support local farmers, make use of food waste, help the planet, and provide high-quality food to those who are food insecure. It’s a solution that benefits everyone involved.

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The startup making shirts out of cow poo

Senay Boztas

August 01, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Eindhoven

Biocouture is gaining ground in the Netherlands as farmers in Eindhoven partner with a fashion designer to turn cow waste into clothing. Although met with some initial skepticism, the practice is already receiving accolades for innovation.

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A new 'floating park' made out of recycled plastic waste has popped up in the Netherlands

Jeremy Berke

July 28, 2018 |

Business Insider |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Rotterdam

Rotterdam’s new Floating Park showcases how recycling can be put to use. Litter traps collect plastic from the river to prevent it from going into the ocean. Then, the plastic is recycled into hexagonal pods that are used as building materials for the floating park - creating spaces to sit, walk, and grow plants. Supported by the Recycled Island Foundation, this floating park is ideally going to be the first of many.

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So You Recycled Your Old Laptop. Here's Where It Might've Gone.

Dominique Mosbergen

July 20, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: China, Shanghai

As technology advances, so does the electronic waste that it produces as people throw out their old products to make way for the new ones. To reduce their e-waste footprint and keep the materials out of landfills, companies such as Dell are pushing for closed-loop recycling – a process that reuses the recycled product to make the same product again.

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Singapore's abandoned bikes show how not to regulate the sharing economy

Leon Voon

July 18, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

The tale of bike-sharing in Singapore sheds light on how governments can predict and manage technology changes in the future. Three bike-sharing startups quickly dominated the market, raised money, feared impending regulation, and then left Singapore. Had the government utilized better forecasting, by paying more attention to reports and the external environment, maybe the problem of countless deserted bikes could have been avoided. For now, the government can note its regulatory mistakes and prepare better for future technology.

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How Penzance became Britain's first ever plastic-free town

Simon Usborne

July 18, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Penzance, England

“There were bottles, cocktail sticks, coffee cup lids, razors, toothbrushes," recalls Rachel Yates, a Penzance community member, in describing the looks of a Cornish beach she volunteered to clean up with marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage. Shortly after, she joined the charity and led the Cornwall community to achieving plastic-free status through awareness and campaigning efforts, unifying the town in the fight against single-use plastics.

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How San Francisco sends less trash to the landfill than any other major U.S. city

Katie Brigham

July 14, 2018 |

CNBC |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

San Francisco is aiming to achieve zero waste by 2020. Thanks to the implementation of public policy that made recycling and composting mandatory and a focus on city-wide awareness, however, the Californian city has already been able to divert 80 percent of its waste from landfills. It diverts more waste from landfills than any major city.

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