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  • We tried Singapore's sewage beer. What can we learn from their water recycling story?

    August 16, 2022 |

    Context |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Singapore

    Singapore uses wastewater recycling to generate what it calls NEWater to address the country’s water shortage. The government funded program involves processing waste water to filter out debris, bacteria, and viruses and using reverse osmosis to create water that is safe for drinking. NEWater currently meets 40% of the country’s water needs, mostly for industrial purposes, but a small portion is used for drinking, including a partnership with a local brewery that created NEWBrew, a beer made from recycled drinking water.

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  • On Greece's recycling islands, no trash goes to waste

    July 22, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Greece, Tilos

    Tilos, a Greek Island, has implemented a number of policies towards reaching a goal of zero waste. As of now, it recycles 86 percent of its trash, and has cut carbon and created jobs as a result.

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  • Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

    July 11, 2022 |

    KGNU Community Radio |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada

    The Canadian company Green Circle Salons collects, cleans, and sends salon waste to be recycled to divert it from landfills.

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  • To Cut Ocean Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture Turns to Renewable Gear

    June 27, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Freeport, Maine

    Ocean Farms Supply makes and sells oyster harvest bags out of biodegradable materials, rather than plastic, to help cut down pollution. The company sells the bags locally but has also distributed them to other regions like Mexico, California, and Florida, so far replacing the use of 14 linear miles of the previously used polypropylene mesh.

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  • I Drank Recycled Sewage To Get A Taste Of SoCal's Water Future

    June 27, 2022 |

    LAist |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Groundwater Replenishment System recycles over 100 million gallons of wastewater a day. Once processed, this water, which is flushed down toilets and drains, is safe to drink and can help address California’s water shortage.

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  • How Kaduna Women Finance Their Healthcare Through Recycled Wastes

    May 29, 2022 |

    Daily Patriot |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    SOSOCARE Healthcare Insurance provides low-income women with health insurance in exchange for recyclable wastes, which they convert to hedge funds to pay for the insurance expansion. The insurance offers different levels of coverage, with the basic one guaranteeing coverage of basic illness treatments for diseases such as malaria and typhoid, including in-patient hospital recoveries, for the women and their families.

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  • A solution to plastic bag waste that helps the homeless? This is ingenious

    April 25, 2022 |

    WJXT-TV |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    Residents of an assisted living facility in Florida are recycling plastic shopping bags by crocheting them into sleeping mats for people experiencing homelessness.

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  • Puerto Rico enfrenta el reto de reducir el 60% los desechos que se depositan en vertederos para el 2030

    April 24, 2022 |

    El Nuevo Día |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Aprender de los desaciertos del pasado será clave para alcanzar la nueva meta de la Ley 33 de Mitigación, Adaptación y Resiliencia al Cambio Climático en Puerto Rico. La Ley 70, la cual fue promulgada en 1992, había declarado cinco mandatos, los cuales han visto poco o ningún progreso o implementación. Bajo la Ley 33, se actualizarán estos mandatos, incluyendo el atacar los problemas a través de sus raíces.

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  • La recolección y exportación de textiles logra desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa de los vertederos

    April 22, 2022 |

    El Nuevo Día |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    La Asociación de Coordinadores de Reciclaje Municipal en Puerto Rico ha logrado desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa a través de dos métodos—poniendo contenedores de recolección en varias áreas de diferentes comunidades de la isla, y también a través de la exportación.

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  • Our Rivers' Keepers: How the Ohio River's trash collectors transformed the waterway

    April 22, 2022 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    A nonprofit with a barge and a 10-person crew picks up trash and plastics across seven rivers in the U.S. Midwest. In one year, Living Lands and Waters collected over half a million pounds of trash. Over the years, they’ve attracted hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help their operation. “No matter who you are, where you’re from, how old, young or what political party you belong to – it doesn’t matter, because no one likes seeing garbage in the river,” said the cofounder.

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