Solid Waste Management
An Introduction to Entrepreneurship in Solid Waste Management
March 11, 2015 | be Waste Wise 1
There is no such thing as an infinitely durable product. The world’s current consumption, in the form of various goods, must end up in the waste stream and the onus is upon us, either to innovate in the field of … Read More
Solid Waste Management and Climate Change
August 8, 2013 | be Waste Wise 6
A recent World Bank report on waste management and climate change co-authored by our moderator Perinaz Bhada-Tata estimates that current waste management methods, specifically emissions from landfill, account for almost five per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions and … Read More
Upcoming Events
Aug
6
Thu
2020
9:30 am
Informal Waste Recycling in India
Informal Waste Recycling in India
Aug 6 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Click here to register for this panel. The informal waste recycling sector in India is significant in its proportion. Household waste follows the chain of waste picker to aggregator to recycler, and the entire chain[...]Read More
Aug
19
Wed
2020
3:30 am
Opportunities in Chemical Recycl...
Opportunities in Chemical Recycl...
Aug 19 @ 3:30 am – 4:30 am
Click here to register for the webinar Asia is the largest contributor to ocean-bound plastics and the fastest-growing region for packaging consumption. In recent years, chemical recycling, in the form of monomer recycling and plastics-to-fuel[...]Read More
Aug
26
Wed
2020
2:00 pm
Extended Producer Responsibility...
Extended Producer Responsibility...
Aug 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Latin America and the Caribbean generate about 541.000 tons/day of municipal solid waste and have a high per capita generation of 1 kg/inhabitant per day. About 90 % of the MSW ends in landfill sites[...]Read More
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