Finland is a leader in waste management, recycling 99% of household waste and landfilling only 1%.

Finland's waste management system succeeds through a combination of government interaction, citizen awareness, and viewing garbage as an energy source.

Finland uses a system called MetroTaifun with automated pneumatic pipes and sorting stations to collect and process waste.

Finland's government has promoted waste sorting and recycling, serving as a model for other countries.

Sweden has implemented the world's first automated textile waste sorting facility, capable of sorting 24,000 tons of textiles per year.

South Korea's waste management system, introduced in 1995, has reduced waste disposal by 40% and achieved a recycling rate of over 60%.

South Korea's government has successfully reduced landfill waste by recycling food waste as livestock feed.

Japan has a well-developed waste management system, including recycling food waste as livestock feed and using sized waste bags to calculate service fees.

Taiwan has a complex and effective waste management system, supported by a waste levy policy that promotes reduction and recycling.

The European Union leads in implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging, with over 30 countries using recycled materials.

Germany has implemented Extended Producer Responsibility to reduce waste and increase recycling.

The Netherlands has a well-developed waste management system, using infrared scanning technology to sort waste in Amsterdam.

Singapore has a waste disposal fee system and a solid waste recycling rate of 51.7% as of 2020.

China has implemented a national electronic waste management system requiring manufacturers and importers to assume Extended Producer Responsibility.

The Russian government has created a transparent waste management system and invested over 230 billion rubles in the industry.

Vantaa, Finland has a waste-to-energy system that produces heat and electricity, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20%.

The Vantaa incinerator uses the Düsseldorf System, with a combustion temperature of about 1000 degrees Celsius, eliminating harmful emissions.

The Vantaa incinerator reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 20% compared to traditional fuels.

Implementing waste sorting and recycling systems in countries like Finland, Sweden, and South Korea reduces carbon dioxide emissions, produces heat and electricity, and creates new jobs and industries.

Implementing waste sorting and recycling systems can be costly and not economically viable in all cases.

The government plays a crucial role in promoting waste sorting and recycling through measures like deposit return schemes, garbage charging, and tax incentives.

Countries like Finland, Sweden, and South Korea demonstrate that a combination of government policies, investment, and public awareness is necessary for successful waste sorting and recycling.

The MetroTaifun system by Marimatic can reduce waste sorting and recycling costs through automation.

Implementing waste sorting and recycling systems offers both environmental and economic benefits, including job creation.

Finland's government has promoted waste sorting and recycling, serving as a model for other countries.

San Francisco and countries like Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have implemented effective food waste recycling systems, making them leaders in composting.

The European Commission has identified 18 EU Member States at risk of missing 2025 waste recycling targets, and recommends raising awareness to improve performance.

In Russia, 87 million residents can sort solid municipal waste, with 59.7% of the population participating in separate collection.

The Russian Environmental Operator installed 204,000 container sites and 358,000 containers in the first half of 2023, aiming for 95% of the population to sort waste by 2030.

Environmental education and federal subsidies have helped introduce separate waste collection in 42 Russian regions.

The Russian Environmental Operator has listed 26 best eco-educational actions, with 96% of regional operators in Russia already promoting environmental education.

Bahrain's Ministry of Works has launched 'Dur.. Life goes on' to promote waste sorting and recycling in the East Hidd Housing Area.

The project aims to collect data and raise awareness to help implement effective household waste sorting and recycling.

In Qatar, Elite Paper Recycling's Eco Dome project educates youths about recycling and sustainability.

The company's awareness campaigns promote a culture of recycling and sustainability among entities, staff, friends, and families.

India's waste-to-energy model in Indore treats 35 tonnes of wet waste daily, generating over 13,000 bio-CNG.

Indore's bio-CNG is used to run city buses, offering a sustainable waste management solution.

Indore's waste management model uses biomethanation to convert organic material into biogas, making it a zero-waste solution.

The biomethanation model in Indore will be replicated in 72 countries across Asia and Africa.

China has implemented garbage sorting policies in select cities before a nationwide rollout.

Japan is a leader in waste disposal due to its strict laws and half-century of sustained efforts.

Bhubaneswar has launched a Recycle Pay App, developed by Ceiba Green Solutions, to improve waste sorting and recycling.

The Recycle Pay App is part of India's 'Waste to Wealth' initiative to treat waste, generate energy, and extract resources.

Rio de Janeiro implemented an overhead ropeway system to collect garbage from slums, but it failed due to high costs.

The Indian government has launched initiatives like the India-UK Roadmap 2030 to promote waste management and sustainable urbanization.

The UK and India are partnering to promote education, research, and innovation in areas like health, climate, and clean energy.

In Bangladesh, city corporations and informal recycling systems handle waste collection and management, creating jobs for the poor.

The UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11 aims to make cities inclusive and sustainable, with safe waste disposal being a major area for improvement in Bangladesh.

Hong Kong has implemented a waste charging policy based on the 'polluter pays' principle.

The policy to reduce waste and promote recycling has been met with public uncertainty and doubt.

In India, companies like Sampurn(e)arth Environment Solutions offer customized waste management solutions to create a zero-waste model.

Sampurn(e)arth has catered to over 75 clients, helping them cut losses and make a profit through recycling and biogas production.

The company's work benefits the environment and unorganized labor, especially women waste collectors, by training them in waste management and providing a better livelihood.

Egypt is investing £12 billion in a new waste system to reduce emissions and generate economic returns through recycling projects.

The government has set up 94 intermediate stations and recycling plants to produce energy, fertilizer, and fuel from waste.

In China, the waste recycling rate of low-value recyclables is only 26.6%, far below the 75% average for main recycled resources.

The Chinese government has implemented policies to promote waste recycling, including systems in cities like Hangzhou, Xiamen, and Chongqing.

In Europe, EPR laws make producers financially and operationally responsible for the recovery and recycling of packaging.

The United States has introduced EPR legislation for packaging in eleven states, with more programs expected to start within the next 12 months.

The Waikato District Council has established a kerbside recycling sorting centre to improve recycling efforts and efficiently transport glass to Auckland for recycling.

The centre has a dedicated glass handling section and the council collects glass separately, colour-sorting it to reduce contamination and improve health and safety.

In China's Yellow River Basin, the government is improving urban sewage and waste treatment through system construction and governance reforms.

The plan aims to add 3.5 million cubic meters/day of sewage treatment, 0.35 million tons/day of sludge treatment, 18,000 tons/day of waste collection, and 28,000 tons/day of waste incineration capacity.

Russia has abolished VAT for recyclable deliveries to boost waste sorting and recycling businesses.

China will implement a domestic waste charging system and accelerate waste incineration facility construction in urban areas with over 300 tons of daily waste during the 14th Five-Year Plan.

The state will upgrade domestic waste classification management and enhance information sharing and analysis.

The global robotic waste sorting market is projected to reach US$ 3.4 billion by 2034, driven by the need for efficiency and adoption of advanced technologies.

Robotic waste sorting systems improve recycling efficiency and accuracy by precisely identifying and separating waste materials, reducing manual labor.

Finland is a leader in waste management, recycling 99% of household waste and landfilling only 1%.

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Content: Ukraine will deepen cooperation with Finland in the direction of household waste management.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Regional Development, this was announced by the Minister of Communities and Territories Alexey Chernyshov during a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Ukraine Päivi Laine.
It is noted that in Finland, only 1% of waste ends up in landfills, the vast majority is recycled.
This is the result of the interaction of the central and local authorities, as well as the awareness of citizens
Ukraine is also planning to adopt this experience.
“Finland is a country that demonstrates high standards of environmental waste management.
Almost all the citizens of this country sort the garbage.
As a result, 99% of household waste is recycled.
This experience will be useful for Ukraine.
So, a similar process is already underway in hromadas - in 1725 settlements of our state, a separate collection of household waste has been introduced.
But it is necessary to scale this direction and introduce useful practices of international partners in the country, "Chernyshov said.
Read alsoIn the Odessa region on the Danube, the dam is destroyed - under it meter voids In the press service reminded that thanks to the implementation of separate collection of garbage in 2020, about 6.3% of household waste was recycled and disposed of in Ukraine.
In turn, Laine noted that Finland is ready to share experience and help Ukrainian communities to implement waste processing projects.
“We also have companies that recycle waste into energy.
In such a comprehensive way, we improve the ecology of our country, ” she added.
Waste recycling in Ukraine
As UNIAN reported, in July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law No. 2207-1-d “On waste management ”.
The document establishes the procedure for the collection, removal and treatment of waste, ensures the introduction of their separate collection and recycling, provides for the requirements for the quality of the provision of waste management services and the charging of fees for such a service.

Finland's waste management system succeeds through a combination of government interaction, citizen awareness, and viewing garbage as an energy source.

Finland uses a system called MetroTaifun with automated pneumatic pipes and sorting stations to collect and process waste.

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It took a little more than 20 years for Finland to almost completely abandon the landfill of solid municipal waste.
At the same time, giant landfills, even if they are closed, are not reclaimed here, in the Russian sense of the word, but turned into a source of income.
Currently, 99% of the country ’ s garbage is sorted and recycled.
Only 1% of the total amount of MSW produced has a chance to end up in a landfill.
One of the largest closed landfills is located in the satellite city of Helsinki – Espoo.
Its area is comparable to 280 football fields and is almost 200 hectares.
It is not surprising that after the closure, an industrial center was formed on its territory, in which enterprises for the generation of electricity and heat from landfill gas, as well as enterprises engaged in the processing of certain types of secondary raw materials (waste paper and glass) are concentrated.
In Ekpoo is the headquarters of the famous Finnish energy company Fortum.
It occupies a special place in the circular economy of waste.
In particular, it is engaged in the processing of plastic.
Up to 95% of the plastic in the waste generated by the Finns goes to its plant in another satellite city of Helsinki, Riihimäki.
Here, in automated production, plastic is sorted, cleaned, crushed and granulated.
According to experts, about 22 percent of all plastic waste is recycled in Finland.
The maximum percentage of plastic that can be recycled reaches about 80 percent, and they are striving to come to this figure in the coming years.
Non-recyclable plastic waste enters the furnace, where during combustion, heat is released, which, thanks to turbines and a water heating system, becomes electricity and hot water.
Containers without garbage trucks and five containers on chips
One often hears the astonished stories of relatives and friends living in St. Petersburg about how separate garbage collection is organized in Helsinki.
Visiting the Finnish capital in recent years has not been difficult.
Of course, a simple tourist is not up to landfills and thoughts about where and who takes waste, but there is something that will not remain without the attention of travelers.
A resident of St. Petersburg, Alexander often went on business trips to the capital of Finland, Helsinki.
He says that in some neighborhoods of the city there are containers that are not serviced by garbage trucks.
Our company for business trips often rented apartments, garbage from them had to be taken out by yourself.
You know, it is very unusual, not only to sort waste into five types (biomass, paper, mixed waste, cardboard and plastic), how much to understand that the containers are equipped with sensors that, when filled, report this to the waste control panel and the garbage is pumped out of the container via a pneumatic pipe, immediately getting to the recycling point.
Not everyone has access to such containers, but only residents of the microdistrict, since a special key-chip is needed to open it, - Alexander.
Such a waste sorting and collection system has been developed and implemented by the Finnish company Marimatic.
The technology is called MetroTaifun.
So far, it is only available in one suburb of the capital.
As its developers write, the entire system is automated, from each container its own pneumatic pipe delivers waste directly to the plant, where when raw materials arrive, its processing begins (additional sorting, grinding, pressing, etc.).
Perhaps, this will look like in the future the treatment of municipal waste in large megacities.
It's tomorrow's business.
What's today?
Large metropolis surrounded by recycling facilities
The peculiarity of the “garbage reform ” in Finland is that the country started it later than other European countries, so it could take advantage of other people ’ s experience and avoid mistakes.
The main thing on which the bet was made was to find ways to prevent waste from reaching landfills.
To do this, a separate collection of waste was introduced, which captured not only container sites and households, but also stores, as well as the manufacturers of goods themselves.
In cities, waste-free fast food and restaurants are not uncommon, hundreds of entrepreneurs find new niches for the use of secondary resources (for example, they produce fabrics from threads of previously used things), open second-hand and much more.
In almost every shopping center there are vending machines for receiving containers.
Around Helsinki, in its cities satellites built a network of sorting stations.
They specialize in certain types of waste.
All stations are located almost within the city limits.
Organic waste, which is usually the source of the garbage smell, is immediately taken to the plant for composting.
The whole process here is automated and produced in containers isolated from the environment.
Residents of neighboring high-rise buildings do not even think about what kind of object for sorting, recycling or recycling is located nearby.
The strict sanitary and environmental standards adopted in the country do not give any chance for environmental pollution.
Unsorted waste and so-called "tails" in the metropolitan area are taken to the incinerator in Vantaa.
There, the first incineration line was launched in 2014, the second in 2020.
The construction was not cheap - 300 million euros.
The plant is operated by Vantaan Energia.
Every day it receives up to 150 tons of waste.
According to the company on the website, the plant can burn up to 400 cubic meters of waste per second.
Every five seconds, he burns the annual volume of garbage produced by a Finnish family of three.
The German technology known as the Düsseldorf System is used here: the combustion temperature is about 1000 degrees Celsius, from the waste receiving bin it enters the rolls, where it is crushed and gradually lowered into the combustion chamber.
Thus, the filtration system eliminates harmful emissions.
Every year about 700 tons of various materials, mostly heavy metals, are extracted from flue gases and disposed of by Ekokem in Riihimäki (another suburb of Helsenki).
Slag is exported to the Emmassuo landfill, and gravel bottom slag is used in earthworks.
Now the company is testing a technology that allows the use of the ash formed.
The main difference from the German analogue - ignition is made by gas, not fuel oil.
The plant has built a bunker that allows you to store waste in reserve so that the technological process does not stop.
After all, the incinerator is also a thermal power plant, which produces 920 gigawatt hours of district heating per year, which is almost half of the needs of the city of Vantaa, and 600 gigawatt hours of electricity, which is 30% of the needs of Vantaa per year.
According to environmentalists, such production is more economical refers to resources, since fossil fuels are practically not used here.
The combined effect of producing such a volume of heat and electricity allows us to talk about a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 20%, compared with the fact that the TPP operated on traditional fuels.
The reasons for this success were commented by the co-chairman of the Green Shield environmental society, editor-in-chief of the Ural Meridian news agency Alexander Anikin.
The main distinguishing feature of Finnish reform is the correct emphasis.
Garbage was immediately considered as a source of energy.
Therefore, energy companies have joined the recycling process, which are used to being responsible for both the quality of services and environmental friendliness.
The tasks were immediately global - to sort and return to circulation secondary resources, as well as to prevent the simple storage of waste at landfills.
It is this approach that radically changed the industry, making it strategic from purely communal.
Innovation and technology can and should be adopted, as our northern neighbor does.
It ’ s also a lesson we need to learn.
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Sweden has implemented the world's first automated textile waste sorting facility, capable of sorting 24,000 tons of textiles per year.

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Every year, almost six million tons of textiles are thrown out in the European Union.
That's 11 pounds per person.
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Every year, almost six million tons of textiles are thrown out in the European Union.
That's 11 pounds per person.
Many things can be used as recyclables.
But this is where the difficulties begin.
Not everything is recyclable, so waste must be sorted.
At this level, it is too much of a task.
They found a way out in Sweden.
The Malmö processing plant operates the world ’ s first automatic textile sorting plant.
The machine evenly distributes the waste along the conveyor belts.
After that, things fall under the near-infrared radiation and undergo spectroscopic analysis.
[Anna Vilen, Sysav employee]:
“The same method is used to sort plastic.
Infrared rays shine through the fabric, and then the machine determines the composition of the fiber. ”
Then the compressed air blows the thing to the desired tape.
After sorting, the textiles are packed in bales and sent for processing.
A smart machine can recognize three types of fabric at the same time.
24 thousand tons of textiles are sorted here per year.
This is almost a third of what is thrown away in Sweden during the same period.
[Anna Vilen, Sysav employee]:
“This is the first such enterprise, but certainly not the last.
Europe will need a lot more factories with automated sorting. ”
In Europe, textile waste is mostly incinerated or sent to landfill.
Earlier, EU countries agreed to ban the destruction of unsold textile products.
Also, according to experts, it is necessary to abandon the so-called fast fashion.
[Else Skold, Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts]:
“Textile recycling is often equated with a circular economy.
But this requires high-quality textiles, high-quality products that can be repeatedly recycled, which we do not do.
Now we are recycling very low-quality textiles and turning it into a new low-quality fabric, and this is pointless. ”
Experts also say that mixed fabrics are not yet suitable for processing.
Usually cotton, linen, wool and polyester are used as recyclables.
The Swedish plant cooperates with IKEA and H & M, as well as with the network of sports goods stores Stadium.
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South Korea's waste management system, introduced in 1995, has reduced waste disposal by 40% and achieved a recycling rate of over 60%.

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Beijing, April 23 (Xinhua) -- According to a report by the British environmental consultancy Eunomia, the global recycling rate ranking in 2017, Hong Kong ranked 24th, and Switzerland ranked 9th.
Since 2012, the Swiss government has introduced a tax on garbage bags to subsidize waste disposal costs, but the high fees have led some Swiss to leave their waste in neighboring France.
To this end, the French government cracked down on "smuggling" garbage, blocking nearly 10 tons of garbage from Switzerland, and fined 150 euros each.
South Korea has implemented garbage charging since 1995, and the overall waste disposal volume has been greatly reduced by 40%, and the recycling rate has reached more than 60%.
Compared to “one size fits all ” measures, the Korean government implemented the waste reduction plan in a step-by-step manner.
Waste charging is carried out in the form of bag charging, and then gradually expanded to restrict the use of disposable products, recycling of kitchen waste, etc., to deal with waste in a multi-pronged manner.
The environmental equation “3R ” has a priority: reduce waste, reuse, and recycle. Lisa Ramsden, a member of Greenpeace America, pointed out that large food and daily necessities companies have been promoting recycling for many years, but the results have not been good, so the“ naked buy ” consumption model of Reuse and Refill, that is, self-purchased containers. Buy the required items to really reduce waste at the source.
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San Francisco's new law mandating that everyone recycle food waste puts the city on the cutting edge of composting.

But in Asia, the practice is commonplace in some countries.

They're a rare bright spot in author Tristram Stuart's new book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal.

"In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as livestock feed," Stuart tells NPR's Renee Montagne. "It's environmentally friendly, it provides cheap livestock feed for the farmers in those parts of the world, and it avoids sending the food waste to landfill."

Stuart makes the case that much of the developed world is thoughtless when it comes to the production and purchase of food. From fields of imperfect produce to the lettuce you left in the fridge a little too long, vast quantities of food are tossed daily.

There is a more responsible approach, Stuart points out.

"In the United States, under 3 percent of municipal food waste — so that's the food scraps that goes into people's garbage cans — actually gets recycled," he says. "If you go to a place like South Korea, the exact reverse is the case. It's about 3 percent that doesn't get recycled. The rest is recycled through composting and — very largely and very sensibly — through feeding that food waste to livestock."

Stuart says the U.S. has the resources to recycle its food waste as effectively as South Korea does.

"We have the solutions, we know how to do it," he says. "We just need to do it more effectively and across the board."

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Japan has a well-developed waste management system, including recycling food waste as livestock feed and using sized waste bags to calculate service fees.

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Content: Bauhinia Party ｜ Refresh Waste Charges
Author: 01 Forum
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Like most Hong Kong people, I did not have any concept or awareness of garbage collection, until I heard that it was officially implemented on April 1 this year, and I began to pay attention to it.
In fact, the legislation on waste charging has been passed by the Legislative Council as early as August 2021, and the specific provisions of waste charging are actually very simple and clear, that is, based on the "polluter pays" principle, all waste, whether from individuals, families or groups, or according to the pre-purchased designated garbage bags, or according to the weight of the waste, the "entry fee".
As for the government's intention to implement waste charging, it is also very clear and simple, that is, to force the public to reduce waste and recycle through charging, and promote the sustainable development of ecology.
Author ： Zhou Xiaojao
Although the rules are simple and clear, it is not so easy to really land.
In order to pay less, people will try to pack more garbage into garbage bags. How should those crowded garbage bags be tracked and handled? In order to pay less, people will dispose of their garbage in public places such as streets, parks, markets, shopping malls, etc., how should such behavior be identified and enforced? As for the different groups that produce large amounts of waste, as well as the property, cleaning, refuse collection and other organizations that assist in the disposal of waste, a series of countermeasures are also required.
It is in view of the complexity of implementation that the Government has set aside a preparation period of up to 18 months for the formal implementation of the Ordinance.
However, the general public, like the author, did not really start to pay attention to the new policy, which will affect every household, until the first two or three months of its implementation, and there was a lot of uncertainty and doubt. Ming. "
But the question is, is the disruption caused by garbage charges really just a problem of insufficient publicity?
How to deal with garbage is an old problem faced by cities, especially large cities.
Specifically, there are three core issues surrounding the garbage problem: First, how to control the amount of garbage generated? Second, how to encourage the classification of garbage management? Third, how to deal with different types of garbage? The first issue mainly relates to the source of garbage: how to avoid excessive packaging?
How to promote the environmental protection of packaging materials? The second issue relates to the recycling of waste: how to guide the public to separate and collect different types of waste according to the difficulty of recycling? The third issue relates to the fate of waste: simple stacking, centralized landfill or recycling, incineration and power generation?
In response to the above garbage issue, Hong Kong has not made a satisfactory response for a long time, let alone effective action.
The lunch boxes purchased on the street are still foam or plastic that cannot be decomposed. Shopping bags provided by shopping malls are also plastic products, and the goods purchased from the mainland are wrapped in plastic layer after layer.
There was a time when Hong Kong encouraged the classification of kitchen waste and the production of agricultural fertilizer from kitchen waste. Unfortunately, this good practice failed to persist, and the public has not formed a self-awareness of garbage classification.
A large amount of waste has been sent to the countryside to landfill without any sorting. The existing three major landfills are already overwhelmed, and facilities such as waste power generation have taken more than 10 years to start.
Solving the waste problem itself is a systematic project, involving all aspects, coupled with the interests of thousands of households and changes in living habits, so each country in the disposal of the waste issue mostly adopt a gradual, tailored, durable strategy.
Japan is recognized as the best country in terms of waste disposal. The key to its success is the gradual development of a sense of garbage sorting through half a century of sustained efforts and strict laws and regulations.
Mainland China also tries to start with garbage sorting, although there is a strong enforcement force, but the government still dare not play a game of chess across the country, but choose some cities to pilot first, and then gradually push to the whole country.
In contrast, Hong Kong, which has been lagging behind on garbage disposal, naively uses “polluter pays ” as the ultimate“ killer ’ s mace ” in an attempt to “get it done. ”
This mentality is understandable, but can a simple, one-size-fits-all waste charge really solve the waste problem facing Hong Kong?
Can you encourage eco-friendly packaging?
Can you promote garbage separation?
More importantly, can the current waste charging design really reduce the amount of waste generated?
I am afraid the answers to these questions are not as optimistic as the Government thinks.
If Hong Kong ’ s waste challenge is not effectively addressed, then what is the point of this policy, which costs the time and money of all citizens and stakeholders?
For example, in order to make up for the long-term inaction on reclamation, the SAR Government hastily launched the HK $trillion-dollar Lantau Island Construction Project in the absence of full consultation with the community, making it difficult for the project to ride under the current internal and external environment. The awkward situation.
The author is not sure whether garbage collection will also face similar experiences, but if the publicity and communication in the next few months can not convince the community that the relevant garbage collection policy can effectively solve the garbage problem faced by Hong Kong, then it is necessary for the SAR Government to suspend the implementation of the relevant policy, and redesign the plan to be more gradual and targeted, focusing on effectively solving the waste generation, waste management and recycling. A series of policies, and consistent implementation.
In fact, the above doubts about the government ’ s waste charging policy have emerged since the government first introduced the relevant bill to the Legislative Council in 2018.
Although the Bills Committee set up at that time to scrutinize the relevant bills supported the direction of the Government's waste reduction policy, it also made a large number of recommendations on the effective implementation of the relevant policies. Some members even held different views on whether the relevant fees could achieve the preset targets.
The Government has also responded to the views of the Bills Committee, including improving waste reduction and recycling measures and providing assistance to those in need.
Regrettably, these reasonable measures should be perfect in the two years after the passage of the relevant regulations in the preparatory stage either in the form, or the lack of publicity, and ultimately let this in the design of the innate deficiencies, in the landing and inadequate preparation of the waste reduction policy is likely to fall into the eyes of the public "workers hurt money" and abandoned halfway.
The author, Zhou Xiaojui, is a researcher at the Bauhinia Institute for Policy Studies.
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They're a rare bright spot in author Tristram Stuart's new book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal.

"In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as livestock feed," Stuart tells NPR's Renee Montagne. "It's environmentally friendly, it provides cheap livestock feed for the farmers in those parts of the world, and it avoids sending the food waste to landfill."

Stuart makes the case that much of the developed world is thoughtless when it comes to the production and purchase of food. From fields of imperfect produce to the lettuce you left in the fridge a little too long, vast quantities of food are tossed daily.

There is a more responsible approach, Stuart points out.

"In the United States, under 3 percent of municipal food waste — so that's the food scraps that goes into people's garbage cans — actually gets recycled," he says. "If you go to a place like South Korea, the exact reverse is the case. It's about 3 percent that doesn't get recycled. The rest is recycled through composting and — very largely and very sensibly — through feeding that food waste to livestock."

Stuart says the U.S. has the resources to recycle its food waste as effectively as South Korea does.

"We have the solutions, we know how to do it," he says. "We just need to do it more effectively and across the board."

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Taiwan has a complex and effective waste management system, supported by a waste levy policy that promotes reduction and recycling.

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Hong Kong's environmental protection policy has not made great progress. For many years, it seems that it has remained at the stage of "blue waste paper, yellow aluminum cans, coffee plastic bottles", and there is no plastic reduction policy.
Last year, the mainland stopped the import of waste paper, and Hong Kong recyclers also stopped collecting waste paper.
When the Government is faced with Members' questions on plastic reduction and countless initiatives by environmental groups, it is always in a state of "discussion" with the retail and restaurant industries, "under consideration", lest it harm the economic interests of the industry, and would rather harm the environmental benefits than see any actual action taken.
On July 1, 2019, the Shanghai Municipal Domestic Waste Management Ordinance was officially implemented.
At Haihong Bridge Station on the railway line, volunteers are promoting a little knowledge of garbage classification. (Visual China)
On the other hand, after years of vigorous promotion, waste management is well organized and highly efficient: South Korea ’ s waste management system is at the forefront of Asia, with Seoul being the most effective.
The local municipal authorities have the responsibility to collect, recycle and dispose of domestic and commercial solid waste. Waste management in Taiwan once lagged behind Hong Kong, but due to the early introduction of the waste levy policy by the Taiwan government, and then formulated a complex and effective waste management system, the situation in Singapore is gradually reversed. Shanghai launched the “Shanghai Municipal Domestic Waste Management Ordinance ” in 2019. The complicated measures have caused complaints from the public. Over time, the results can be said to be immediate after the people have familiarized themselves with the regulations.
Looking at the situation in these four Asian regions, it is not difficult to imagine why there is no systematic waste management in Hong Kong today, when we look back at Hong Kong's garbage collection practices, which rely entirely on the people's consciousness to separate and unsupervised waste.
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The European Union leads in implementing extended producer responsibility for packaging, with over 30 countries using recycled materials.

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Content: ROP, or How will Kyrgyzstan recycle its waste?
In Bishkek, a seminar was held on the topic of extended producer responsibility (EPR) for the disposal of goods and packaging, organized by the WasteNet.KG. project.
The seminar was attended by producers of products, government authorities, waste processing enterprises, non-governmental and international organizations and experts.
Director of CSR Central Asia Agency Asel Arstanbekova noted that the issues of environmental safety, social responsibility of producers are very acute.
“In many countries, the topic of social expanded responsibility is already active and, having studied their experience, we would like to determine what is applicable for Kyrgyzstan, ” she said.
WasteNet.KG expert Natalia Baidakova presented the concept of the concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR), its implementation mechanisms, and the ultimate goal of which is to reduce and gradually reduce to zero the disposal of waste that can be used in recycling and recycling.
How is the situation with the ROP in Kyrgyzstan?
The issue of waste accumulation in Kyrgyzstan is reflected in many strategic documents, such as the National Development Strategy of Kyrgyzstan until 2040, the Green Economy Concept, and the Green Economy Development Program.
More than 40 laws include waste issues.
The main ones are the law on environmental protection, on industrial waste, which was adopted back in 2001.
Naturally, this document needs to be amended and supplemented.
In addition, a classification of hazardous waste based on international standards has been developed and adopted.
The legislation specifies that separate collection of waste should be carried out, for use as secondary resources it is prohibited to use hazardous waste as secondary raw materials.
But at the same time, many norms are absent, for example, there is no definition of what secondary waste is, there are no norms regulating the collection and processing of secondary raw materials, there are no norms for stimulating the processing of secondary materials, and so on.
The legislation undoubtedly requires changes, another thing is what these changes will be.
On March 19, 2021, a decree of the President of Kyrgyzstan on measures to ensure environmental and climate security was adopted.
A number of points were aimed at improving the efficiency of waste management, implementing separate collection of garbage, including stimulating the creation of recycling enterprises.
In 2019, a number of laws were also amended, for example, the law of consumption production, the procedure for handling hazardous mercury-containing waste.
What now?
In Kyrgyzstan, favorable conditions have been created for the organization of an effective management system and the introduction of expanded producer responsibility.
Thus, in December 2021, the Action Plan of the Cabinet of Ministers on the implementation of the National Development Program of the Kyrgyz Republic until 2026 was approved, which provides for the implementation of a number of measures to improve the waste management system.
The measures are aimed at introducing amendments and additions to laws, regulatory legal acts, including in terms of introducing the principles of the concept of extended responsibility of manufacturers of ROP for the disposal of goods and packaging.
Experience of other countries and international companies
Aleksandara Akirman, Caucasus and Central Asia Public Relations Manager at The Coca-Cola Foundation, noted that almost all global manufacturers of goods and packaging have committed to transfer from 8 to 10% of secondary raw materials to new packaging.
“In the next five to ten years, the companies intend to use more environmentally friendly materials, develop new types of packaging, provide for collection and processing.
At the same time, companies are trying to work with government authorities in their respective countries to ensure that such systems develop.
Now in Kyrgyzstan there is a linear economy of packaging, in which most packages go to landfill, are dumped in the form of garbage.
Almost 100% of the primary material is used.
While in a circular economy, plastic packaging is used endlessly.
The new packaging needs to be recycled.
Such a circular economy is possible.
In more than 30 countries around the world, we produce packaging from recycled materials, ” she said.
The OECD Environment Directorate, economist and environmentalist Frisief Lubinger in his speech noted that at present the ROP system is actively developing and is beginning to be used more intensively around the world.
"The transition to PPE is particularly active in North America, Europe and a number of transition economies, but it should be noted that in transition economies, additional resources are needed to make the system fully operational," he added.
Next, Givi Kalandadze, an expert from Georgia, the chairman of the operator of the ROP, said that the country has a special law on waste management, which has a special section under number 9 dedicated to the ROP.
“Also, the law has an important section dedicated to responsible persons who monitor the ROP.
Such a manager should be in each organization and be responsible for coordination, for cooperation with stakeholders in waste management. "
Experts from Kazakhstan and Russia also spoke about the system of implementation of the ROP in their countries, about successes and failures.
In addition, during the event, it was noted that the first place in the ROP system for packaging is occupied by the countries of the European Union, in which Belgium is the leader, where 91% of the population sorts garbage.
Next are the countries of the Middle East, followed by the countries of Africa, then Latin America, followed by Canada, then the countries of Southeast Asia and close the list of the countries of the former USSR.
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Germany has implemented Extended Producer Responsibility to reduce waste and increase recycling.

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Experts: Russia spends billions on the elimination of landfills instead of recycling waste
The adoption of the new concept of extended producer responsibility cannot be delayed.
Manufacturers can either dispose of the waste themselves, or pay for this eco-fee, which will be aimed at the development of industries for the recycling of garbage.
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The amount of waste in our country is growing exponentially: every year, Russians send more and more garbage to the dump.
At the same time, 90% of MSW goes directly to polygons.
More than half of this garbage consists of containers and packaging that cannot be disposed of.
Environmentalists are sounding the alarm: if the situation is not reversed, the area for storing waste in landfills will end in the next five years.
Experts believe that the new concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should save the situation.
It will become a driver for the development of the waste processing market in Russia.
The essence of the concept is simple: for recycling should pay not the people, but the one who produces packaging and makes a profit from it - business and international companies that bring their goods to Russia.
This is called Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
At the same time, manufacturers can either dispose of waste themselves or pay an eco-fee for this, which will be aimed at the development of industries for the recycling of garbage.
This concept works successfully in Germany, Switzerland, Japan and many other countries.
The effectiveness of the ROP has already been seen in Belarus, where manufacturers are also obliged to recycle packaging.
However, in Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development, under pressure from the business community, proposes to postpone the adoption of new rules by two years, citing the fact that enterprises are not yet ready for changes.
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FACTORIES HAVE ALREADY BEGINNED THE MODERNIZATION
The abbreviation ROP appeared in 2015, when a corresponding amendment was made to the federal law.
Since then, according to Denis Kondratiev, CEO of the recycling company SOEMZ, the industry expects when, finally, the ROP will come into force.
Given that many large multinational companies are involved in this area, the industry was ready to introduce ROP from the very beginning.
- The industry began to increase capacity in anticipation of large changes to increase the collection of raw materials.
In this case, rubbish.
Practice shows that such changes occur within 5 years, - Denis Kondratiev emphasizes. - If there is a surplus of raw materials, then this prosperity can be converted into money.
Recycle more raw materials and produce more products.
The factories began to modernize.
In his opinion, the wait was too long, many representatives of the industry were disappointed, given that they have been living in such a situation for six years.
President Vladimir Putin has set the task of launching expanded producer responsibility in the country by 2022.
However, the manufacturers of the goods said that they were not ready yet, and asked for a delay.
As a result, the state froze the entry into force of the bill for a year.
- In six years, strange associations have been created that say they have made billions of investments.
In fact, no investment was made, - said Kondratyev. - So far only profanity.
It was not the ROP, but the extended irresponsibility of producers.
We hope that the President was not mistaken in his words.
This means that the ROP should be launched in 2022.
This year, the state Duma will adopt a bill.
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“THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE EARN BY 2022 ”
Experts note that the restart of the concept will give a tangible economic effect of the expanded responsibility of manufacturers.
Last year, a broad discussion of the new concept was held with representatives of the business community, public organizations and the Government of the Russian Federation.
During his address to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin set the task of introducing it this year.
A ROP roadmap has been created and the concept of limiting the recycling of products through associations has been incorporated.
- When this system is operational, a single supervisor is needed to account for all recycling processes and transparency.
This was also talked about a lot in our country, - emphasizes the deputy chairman of the committee on waste processing and secondary resources of Delovaya Rossiya LLC Ildar Neverov. - There is no doubt that the program should be operational by 2022.
Ecosboration should go to the budget of the Russian Federation in a significantly larger amount, and it should be painted.
These funds will be a significant help in financing changes in the waste processing industry, which are planned in Russia.
This is what the business community needs.
It is not enough to simply recycle waste - it is also necessary to establish the sale of recyclable materials, says Julia Kuzovleva, deputy general director of the company "Oris Prom" (the company is engaged in processing tires).
The buyer needs to be convinced of the need to use recycled materials.
Otherwise, the recycler will lose economic interest and switch to other activities with more liquid waste.
- Defined a standard of 7400 rubles, this is a good price.
But so far none of the recyclers has not received this standard for the collection system per ton of raw materials, - says Julia Kuzovleva. - When it began, the standard was 3500 rubles, now - up to 2000 or 1000 rubles per ton.
If the rate is raised, then there will be more financial resources, if you choose honest recyclers who will physically collect this waste, openly play on the market, then the situation will change, processing capacities will appear.
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REDUCTION OF POLYGONES AND CREATION OF NEW WORKPLACES
The new concept of ROP will become a driver for the transition to a circular economy, Alexei Sergeev, Executive Director of the League of Waste Paper Processors, is convinced.
The creation of such an economy will not only lead to the reduction of polygons, but will also create new jobs and increase the competitiveness of the country.
At the same time, with each year of the slippage of the introduction of the ROP, Russia is forced to spend billions of dollars on the elimination of landfills and the recultivation of landfills.
“At the same time, manufacturers of goods still do not think about their packaging being processed, they are not interested in increasing payments to the system, and without this, the economic model of the system does not work, ” Aleksey Sergeev is sure.
He notes that the last six years have shown the futility of waiting: negotiations with manufacturers of goods can last indefinitely.
Only decisive actions of the state and the speedy implementation of the ROP will ensure the implementation of the tasks set by the President of the country, and save Russia from garbage collapse.
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The Netherlands has a well-developed waste management system, using infrared scanning technology to sort waste in Amsterdam.

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New approaches to waste management have been developed in Almaty.
In the metropolis already conduct a separate collection of solid household waste.
BaigeNews.kz learned about the prospects of separate garbage collection and the goals of the Almaty authorities for waste management.
In Almaty, there are more and more people who consciously approach the emission of household waste, sort waste for further processing and even carry waste from cardboard, paper and plastic to special reception points.
Conscious citizens admit that when properly sorted, a bag of recyclable waste is most often larger than a bag of other waste that cannot yet be recycled in the country.
For example, today in Kazakhstan do not recycle tetrapacks, and they still go to the basket with non-recyclable garbage.
The Akimat of Almaty supports such initiatives in every possible way and has already put more than a thousand special containers on the sites in the yards next to ordinary tanks.
In appearance, they look like an iron mesh box, and here residents can put such waste that is already processed in the city - plastic, paper (waste paper), glass, metal, cellophane and rags.
In the near future, there will be another 454 such containers in the city.
In addition, Almaty residents have access to 37 waste collection points that can be recycled.
In particular, one of the plants in Almaty produces polyethylene granules and stretch film from secondary raw materials.
At the waste sorting complex in Almaty, everything that can be recycled is taken away and sent to production.
Now 13 organizations are cooperating with this complex to process the selected recyclables.
The remaining waste is removed for burial, taking into account the norms of environmental legislation, to the landfill located in the village of Aytey, Karaysai district, Almaty region.
According to the statistics of the akimat of Almaty, more than 1200 tons of solid household waste are processed in the metropolis per day, of which 17% are processed.
Ecologist Mels Eleusizov believes that landfills in the Almaty region and the whole country should be closed and reclaimed so as not to be a “time bomb ” for the ecology and health of the inhabitants of Kazakhstan.
And sorting household waste of the population, he proposes to carry out in the yards manually.
"Today Almaty" produces "waste containing about 40 types of materials that can be recycled.
I have long proposed to organize sorting points on garbage sites so that employees manually sort waste and then in this form would be sent for processing.
This would provide not only smart waste management, but also new jobs, ” says Mels Eleusizov.
In developed European countries, landfills have been forgotten for a long time.
Here, at the state level, a hierarchy of values in relation to waste is built.
The main principle is to reduce the volume of "production" of garbage.
Those waste that still remain, sort and only what is already impossible to recycle, safely burned, getting energy used in the city.
At a special waste sorting plant in the capital of the Netherlands - Amsterdam bring all the waste of citizens and enterprises.
Here, with the help of a new technology - infrared scanning, waste is automatically taken from a huge pile that can be recycled.
Suitable as a secondary raw material waste is sent with a pressed form for processing to other enterprises.
The rest of the waste will have to be burned here to get steam and send it to heat houses and heat hot water, as well as generate electricity.
Burning garbage occurs in compliance with all environmental standards, measurements are 24 / 7, and if the excess of safe concentrations of harmful substances is recorded, the entire complex is immediately stopped.
What comes out of the pipe, according to experts, you can breathe, in the Netherlands and the EU very strict requirements for emissions.
The remaining ash is not buried, but is completely used for asphalt production, another sludge is sent for burial in special underground mines in neighboring Germany.
Speaking about sorting garbage, employees of the waste sorting plant in Amsterdam (AEB) say that residents of apartment buildings in megacities, even in Europe, can not sort all the garbage, so in Amsterdam, residents throw away only plastic, paper (waste paper) separately.
All the rest of the garbage will be sorted out by the automatic garbage sorting system at the garbage sorting plant.
“There is an opinion that if people at home sort the garbage, then you can get more recyclables for recycling.
But we have seen in practice that new technologies make it possible to sort garbage collected in a heap at a factory even better than if people in apartment buildings sorted 100 percent of their waste.
But in private houses in Amsterdam, the tenants themselves completely sort the waste, and he does not even go to our garbage sorting complex, but goes straight to processing.
In principle, there are very few landfills for waste disposal in the country, and none of them are currently used for disposal of waste from households.
There are several mines for the disposal of waste such as ash, but their negligible amount, ” said the manager of the waste sorting plant Amsterdam (AEB) Cohen Bytink.
Almaty and Almaty region jointly plan to adopt best practices.
Similar to the Amsterdam garbage sorting complex is promised to be built on the existing garbage sorting complex in the Ili district.
In the next few years, they will not only select waste for usable and not recyclable, but also get biogas from them.
The expected capacity of the plant is 120 thousand tons per year, and the construction will be carried out by a Kazakh-Spanish company.
In addition, the city is beginning to collect food waste, and they are also promised to use it for the production of biogas, and this is in line with the plans of Amsterdam, where they do not yet do anything with food waste, and also, as in Almaty, they plan to produce biogas from them.
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Singapore has a waste disposal fee system and a solid waste recycling rate of 51.7% as of 2020.

Singapore has a waste disposal fee system and a solid waste recycling rate of 51.7% as of 2020.

Singapore has a waste disposal fee system and a solid waste recycling rate of 51.7% as of 2020.

China has implemented a national electronic waste management system requiring manufacturers and importers to assume Extended Producer Responsibility.

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In view of the continuous increase in costs, from January 2024, incinerable waste disposal costs will increase from the current 77 yuan to 88 yuan per tonne, and non-incinerable waste disposal costs will increase from 97 yuan to 124 yuan per tonne.
Minister for Sustainable Development and Environment Fu Haiyan made the announcement today (March 7) during a debate on the budget of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Environment in the Appropriations Committee of the National Assembly.
The incinerable waste disposal fee is paid by public waste and general waste collectors to send the incinerable waste to waste-to-energy plants for disposal.
The non-incineration fee is paid by the general waste and toxic industrial waste collectors to send the non-incineration waste to the Semakau Landfill.
Fu Haiyan said that the fee adjustment will take effect from January 1, 2024.
The National Environment Agency will send notification letters to operators to give them enough time to make adjustments.
“We encourage all businesses to adopt sustainable practices, reduce waste and recycle more, and do their part in building a greener, zero-waste Singapore. ”
More e-waste has been received since the EPR program began
On the other hand, China has implemented the first national electronic and electrical waste management system since July last year, which stipulates that large electronic product manufacturers and importers must assume Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
Since the implementation of the plan, the contractor, ALBA Group, has collected about 3,500 metric tons of consumer electronic waste, accounting for 8.5% of the supply of consumer electronics and equipment in 2020.
The amount of e-waste collected through this scheme is twice as much as the amount of e-waste that can be collected annually under the previous voluntary scheme of the National Environment Agency.
These include large household appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners, as well as ICT products such as mobile phones and notebook computers.
Fu Haiyan said authorities are currently working on an EPR plan for packaging containers, spearheading a beverage packaging recycling program.
Under the scheme, the price of packaged drinks will include a deposit, which consumers can get back when they recycle the used beverage packaging.
The Environment Bureau set up a group of representatives from the industry, academia and the community in December last year to promote the development of the project.
Over the past two years, the authorities have contacted more than 100 large and small manufacturers, including conducting questionnaires and conducting one-on-one contacts with individual companies and trade associations.
Other stakeholders such as retailers, waste management companies and the public were also consulted.
"In the coming months, the Environment Bureau will expand its engagement with the public and industry to jointly design a cost-effective and appropriate beverage packaging recycling scheme," Ms Fu said.
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The Russian government has created a transparent waste management system and invested over 230 billion rubles in the industry.

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The forecast of a devastating storm in the suburbs denied
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The cyclone will bring heavy rain and wind to the regions of Central Russia, but the weather will cease in a day.
Forecaster Alexander Shuvalov did not confirm the "360" forecast of a devastating nine-point storm in Moscow and the Moscow region.
Bad weather will come not only to Moscow and the Moscow region, but also to the Tula, Ryazan, Vladimir regions.
Alexander Shuvalov warned that the wind speed in these regions will reach 13-18 meters per second.
Strong wind with a blizzard is possible in the rear part of the cyclone, namely in the north-west of Russia - in Veliky Novgorod and St. Petersburg.
The weather forecaster called it the winter renaissance.
Again, I don ’ t see any apocalypse.
Yeah, the temperature's gonna drop.
On Saturday, the rains will weaken, but there will be nothing supernatural.
Maybe somewhere in the north and east of the Moscow region a couple of snowflakes fall, that ’ s all, ” he said.
Alexander Shuvalov warned that this can not be called a weather anomaly.
He explained that the wind and precipitation will increase due to the characteristics of the cyclone rising from the south to the north, from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea.
According to the weather forecaster, the weather will last about a day.
“Two-thirds of the precipitation rate is not expected.
In the night from Thursday to Friday will fall from strength to 10-12 millimeters, and this is a third of the monthly norm.
But not the apocalypse, given that our monthly rate is about 40 millimeters.
This is a maximum bucket of water per square meter, nothing special will happen, ” he said.
By the morning of April 19, according to the weather forecaster, precipitation will begin to weaken.
However, when they stop, the wind will rise.
Alexander Shuvalov said that his speed is on the lower limit of storm values.
Almost 900 houses were freed from water in the Orenburg region
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In the Orenburg region for the day the water left 876 houses, but more than 1.2 thousand suffered from the flood.
This was reported by the government of the region.
“During the day, 876 residential buildings and 1,634 household plots in 12 settlements and one SNT in nine municipalities were freed from water, ” the press service announced.
However, another 1,208 houses and 1,214 plots, according to the Cabinet of Ministers, were flooded in 19 settlements and one garden partnership.
In total, by the morning of April 18, 15,444 residential buildings, including 60 apartment buildings, and 22,537 garden plots were affected by the flood.
16,547 people were evacuated, almost a third of them children.
The peak of the flood in the Orenburg region, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, passed.
The water level in the rivers of Orenburg and Orsk remained above the dangerous level, but began to decline.
In the village of Tatar Kargala, the Sakmara River exceeded 870 centimeters.
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Russian environmental operator summed up the results of 5 years of garbage reform
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Rubbish reform in Russia – five years.
The Russian environmental operator reported on the interim results of the work.
“Despite the sanctions pressure and the objective reduction in the volume of state support, it was possible to create 250 facilities for the processing and recycling of waste.
This made it possible to increase the share of waste sent for processing from seven to 53%, ” said Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Victoria Abramchenko.
Five years ago, 96% of the 61 million tons of garbage was buried in landfills.
The waste was literally buried in the ground.
Since 2019, Russia has managed to build a new industry from scratch, determining the vector of future development.
Working with MSW is not only sorting and exporting.
This is about 60 new laws that relate to each manufacturer in the country, as well as the creation of a transparent and understandable system that includes residents.
“We ’ ve got tools to track the entire path of waste from generation to disposal.
The services of regional operators are paid by residents.
This means that their work should be transparent and effective, ” said Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia.
To get rid of landfills, which were created in the 70s of the last century, more than 230 billion rubles were invested in the industry.
The goal is to create a circular economy in which the proportion of garbage going to landfills will tend to zero.
“In all respects, we are exceeding the targets set out in the federal project.
In some cases, significantly.
In my opinion, the industry is developing systematically, ” said Denis Butsaev, General Director of the Russian Environmental Operator.
In addition to factories and other infrastructure, the importance of working with garbage is trying to convey to the population.
Environmental education is one of the goals of the REO.
The bet is on young people.
By 2030, Russia should have 400 waste management facilities that will be able to sort 100% of garbage.
Judging by the way the first part of the way is passed - the final is seen exactly as planned.
The river Tobol for the day rose by more than a meter
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On the morning of April 18, the Tobol River in the Kurgan region rose to 968 centimeters.
During the day, the water level increased by 118 centimeters, the city administration said.
If on April 17 at 06: 00 (04: 00 Moscow time) the water in the Tobol River rose to the mark of 850 centimeters, then exactly a day later the level of 968 centimeters was recorded.
Over the past two hours, it has risen another four centimeters.
The authorities urged residents to leave for safe areas in advance, without waiting for flooding.
“If the intensive growth of water continues, you need to be ready to evacuate the residents of the East, Kulatsky, district of the CHP, residential sector located below the dam on the left bank, ” the press service said.
The dam in Kurgan increased to 11.5 meters.
In the flooding zone were five bridges, about 670 residential and more than 2,300 country houses.
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Rescue of a dog in the suburbs of Kurgan filmed
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Residents of Kurgan went to flood-affected areas to evacuate abandoned pets.
The volunteer showed “360 ” the rescue of the dog in the garden partnership“ Teplovik ”.
The residential sector is located near the Tobol River on the bank of the Oryol Reservoir.
The territory of ST "Teplovik" flooded.
The animals were rescued by volunteers.
The video shows the rescue of one of the dogs.
The owner persuaded the mongrel to go to the boat on the logs.
She resisted, but in the end she escaped.
The animal was muzzled and taken to the “big land ”.
The water in Kurgan continued to arrive.
By noon, the level of the Tobol River was about nine meters.
RT reported that right-bank areas with numerous garden associations had gone under water.
Residents told about a large amount of water near the Tyunina highway, in the Glinka microdistrict and the Maloye Chausovo district.
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Vantaa, Finland has a waste-to-energy system that produces heat and electricity, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20%.

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The Vantaa incinerator reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 20% compared to traditional fuels.

Implementing waste sorting and recycling systems in countries like Finland, Sweden, and South Korea reduces carbon dioxide emissions, produces heat and electricity, and creates new jobs and industries.

Implementing waste sorting and recycling systems can be costly and not economically viable in all cases.

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Scottish bottle deposit scheme to be blocked – but evidence from Europe suggests it’s the way forward

Unrecycled drink containers are a huge problem in the UK. A survey by Planet Patrol, a non-profit organisation, found that the drinks industry was responsible for more than a third of the litter found in the UK in 2020 and 2021. The items included plastic and glass bottles, metal drinks cans, single-use cups and lids.

This is a concern. Litter takes years to degrade, causing harm to wildlife and habitats, and cleaning it up is expensive. Street cleaning costs UK taxpayers an estimated £1 billion each year.

The Scottish government has proposed a deposit return scheme. People will pay a 20p deposit when they buy a drink in a single-use container, which they get back when the empty bottle or can is returned. Scottish drinks containers would also need to be specially labelled and tracked.

But the scheme is under threat. The UK government is unlikely to agree to the trade exemption needed to enable trade rules in Scotland to differ from the rest of the UK. And critics argue that a deposit return scheme will be difficult for smaller retailers in an already competitive sector due to the costs of handling returns and registering with the scheme.

However, similar schemes in other European countries have prevented huge volumes of litter from entering the environment. These deposit return schemes offer insight into how effective a measure they can be and provide a possible route for implementation in the UK.

Evidence from Europe

In Finland, a deposit return system for glass bottles was introduced in the 1950s and continues today, having included plastic drinks containers for the past 20 years. The scheme is operated entirely by the private sector, with 5,000 plastic container-return machines located across the country in shops, hotels, restaurants, offices and schools.

Each time a person buys a drink in a bottle or a can, they pay a 15 to 40 cent deposit, depending on the material the container is made out of. The containers are then recycled or the materials are reused on their return.

Almost every bottle and can in Finland is recycled as a result of the scheme. In 2020, Finnish residents recycled 94% of aluminium cans (out of 1.4 billion sold) and 92% of plastic bottles (out of 530 million). By contrast, just 82% and 57% were recycled in the UK respectively.

Norway has achieved an even more impressive recycling rate of 97%. Norway’s deposit return approach is instead supplemented with an environmental tax imposed on bottle producers. The tax is NOK 6.46 (£0.50) per unit of metal and glass and NOK 3.91 (£0.30) for plastic items. To avoid the tax, producers must recycle more than 95% of the containers they produce.

Plastic bottles usually end up being “downcycled” into other items, like fleece materials. But the tax has encouraged producers of plastic bottles in Norway to make bottles easier to recycle by using more uniform and less contaminated materials. Efforts have included using approved bottle tops and glue and labels that are easier to remove. The quality of recycled plastic in Norway is now so high that recycled bottles can be made into new bottles.

Plastic recycling schemes in Europe have also delivered social benefits. The Finnish system allows people to choose to collect their deposit or donate it to charity. In Berlin, those not inclined to return their bottles to the store can leave them under bins for others to collect and claim the reward.

Public acceptance

The success of a deposit return scheme largely depends on what happens to the item once it is returned. Success is not based on economic viability alone. Any deposit return scheme needs to be acceptable to the people who run and use it.

Cost-benefit analysis of two separate deposit return schemes (recycling and reuse) for plastic food trays in Sweden found that the costs are greater than the benefits for recycling, but not for reuse. If you consider the costs involved in packaging, washing and the recycling process, then a return scheme may work best if the item is reused.

In Scotland, concerns about how the scheme will run and its real benefit are chipping away at the confidence of the public and drinks retailers. Research finds that many people in Scotland are unaware of how the deposit return scheme would operate and why it is necessary. Some of the study’s participants even perceived the refund charge as another form of taxation imposed by the Scottish government.

Communication plays a critical role. A different study, which explored the public acceptance of a deposit return scheme in Catalonia, Spain, revealed that the way a scheme is presented to users and how much information is given influences how it is perceived. More information (given over the phone) tended to yield a more positive viewpoint.

Clearly, more information is required for Scotland’s recycling scheme to be accepted more widely.

If designed correctly, deposit return schemes can encourage recycling by raising the value of plastic waste. Recycling and reuse schemes are also made more technically and economically viable if backed up with tax incentives.

But the barrier facing the adoption of a deposit return scheme in the UK is a lack of uniformity. We should not be asking if Scotland should adopt a scheme or not. Instead, plans for the rest of the UK to adopt this approach should be accelerated to get the whole of the UK on the same page.

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The government plays a crucial role in promoting waste sorting and recycling through measures like deposit return schemes, garbage charging, and tax incentives.

Countries like Finland, Sweden, and South Korea demonstrate that a combination of government policies, investment, and public awareness is necessary for successful waste sorting and recycling.

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Since 2012, the Swiss government has introduced a tax on garbage bags to subsidize waste disposal costs, but the high fees have led some Swiss to leave their waste in neighboring France.
To this end, the French government cracked down on "smuggling" garbage, blocking nearly 10 tons of garbage from Switzerland, and fined 150 euros each.
South Korea has implemented garbage charging since 1995, and the overall waste disposal volume has been greatly reduced by 40%, and the recycling rate has reached more than 60%.
Compared to “one size fits all ” measures, the Korean government implemented the waste reduction plan in a step-by-step manner.
Waste charging is carried out in the form of bag charging, and then gradually expanded to restrict the use of disposable products, recycling of kitchen waste, etc., to deal with waste in a multi-pronged manner.
The environmental equation “3R ” has a priority: reduce waste, reuse, and recycle. Lisa Ramsden, a member of Greenpeace America, pointed out that large food and daily necessities companies have been promoting recycling for many years, but the results have not been good, so the“ naked buy ” consumption model of Reuse and Refill, that is, self-purchased containers. Buy the required items to really reduce waste at the source.
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Implementing waste sorting and recycling systems offers both environmental and economic benefits, including job creation.

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San Francisco and countries like Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have implemented effective food waste recycling systems, making them leaders in composting.

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San Francisco's new law mandating that everyone recycle food waste puts the city on the cutting edge of composting.

But in Asia, the practice is commonplace in some countries.

They're a rare bright spot in author Tristram Stuart's new book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal.

"In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as livestock feed," Stuart tells NPR's Renee Montagne. "It's environmentally friendly, it provides cheap livestock feed for the farmers in those parts of the world, and it avoids sending the food waste to landfill."

Stuart makes the case that much of the developed world is thoughtless when it comes to the production and purchase of food. From fields of imperfect produce to the lettuce you left in the fridge a little too long, vast quantities of food are tossed daily.

There is a more responsible approach, Stuart points out.

"In the United States, under 3 percent of municipal food waste — so that's the food scraps that goes into people's garbage cans — actually gets recycled," he says. "If you go to a place like South Korea, the exact reverse is the case. It's about 3 percent that doesn't get recycled. The rest is recycled through composting and — very largely and very sensibly — through feeding that food waste to livestock."

Stuart says the U.S. has the resources to recycle its food waste as effectively as South Korea does.

"We have the solutions, we know how to do it," he says. "We just need to do it more effectively and across the board."

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The European Commission has identified 18 EU Member States at risk of missing 2025 waste recycling targets, and recommends raising awareness to improve performance.

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Which countries are at risk of missing the 2025 targets for preparing for re-use and recycling of municipal and all packaging waste and the 2035 landfill target? The European Commission answered this question in a recently published early warning report. But first the good news. Nine Member States are on track to meet the 2025 targets: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

And just as a reminder, these are the targets set out in the Waste Framework Directive and the Directive on packaging and packaging waste we are talking about:

  • 55% recycling and preparing for reuse of municipal waste;
  • 65% recycling for total packaging waste;
  • and material-specific packaging waste recycling targets (75% for paper and cardboard, 70% for glass, 70% for ferrous metals packaging, 50% for aluminium, 50% for plastic and 25% for wood).

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And now the bad news: 18 Member States are at serious risk of missing one or both of the 2025 targets.

Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Spain and Sweden are at risk of missing the municipal waste target.

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia are at risk of missing both the municipal waste and the total packaging waste targets for 2025.

In addition, some countries continue to landfill most of their municipal waste and are likely to miss the 2035 landfill target. The Commission is making recommendations to these Member States, building on the ongoing financial and technical support provided to improve waste management performance. These recommendations cover a wide range of actions: reducing non-recyclable waste, increasing re-use, promoting separate collection, developing treatment capacity for sorting and recycling, improving governance, using economic instruments and raising awareness.

"Implementing waste reduction and recycling measures on the ground is key for our circular economy transition. Turning waste into resources helps us on the way to climate neutrality, increases the security of supply of energy and raw materials, and creates local jobs and innovation opportunities. The early warning report allows us, in close cooperation with the Member States, to detect shortcomings, take action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets, and share best practices in sound waste management," said Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Waste generation on the rise

On average, Europeans generate 530 kg of municipal waste per person per year (waste from households and similar waste from businesses). Although it is increasingly recycled and less landfilled, municipal waste (MSW) is still one of the most complex waste streams to manage. In the EU, about 50% of MSW is recycled or composted and 23% is landfilled. The amount of packaging waste generated is constantly increasing. Between 2013 and 2020, the amount of packaging waste generated in the EU will increase by 15% to almost 80 million tonnes. Around 64% of packaging waste is now recycled, although this varies by material. More than 75% of paper, cardboard and metal packaging is recycled, but less than 40% of plastic packaging - a problem in most EU countries, many of which are at risk of missing the material-specific target for plastic packaging waste recycling.

The early warning report allows us, in close cooperation with the Member States, to detect shortcomings, take action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets, and share best practices in sound waste management.
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Significant differences between Member States

Looking at the report, one thing is clear: There are considerable differences in waste management performance across the EU. Some countries still have a long way to go to meet the targets agreed in EU legislation and further reforms are needed, in particular to ensure the treatment of biowaste, which accounts for a third of municipal waste, to ensure separate collection of waste - a prerequisite for recycling - and to improve data quality. However, most EU countries have introduced or are in the process of introducing waste reforms to improve recycling rates, some of which are expected to bear fruit in the coming years.

The results were also influenced by external factors, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced or stopped separate collection in some countries. The recent rise in energy prices is also having a negative impact on recycling activities.

The early warning report builds on the Environmental Implementation Review, which had already identified problems with the implementation of EU waste legislation. In particular, almost 2000 illegal or substandard landfills are still operating in the EU, representing a significant source of pollution and greenhouse gases and a missed opportunity for the recovery of secondary raw materials.

In Russia, 87 million residents can sort solid municipal waste, with 59.7% of the population participating in separate collection.

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The Russian environmental operator (REO) presented the results of the implementation of the system of separate waste collection (RNO) in various entities for the first half of 2023.
More than 87 million residents of Russia from 77 regions can sort solid municipal waste (MSW).
As stated by the Director General of the REO Denis Butsaev, the REO conducted monitoring and found that a total of 59.7% of the population (+ 3% since the beginning of 2023) in 77 regions of Russia are now engaged in separate collection of MSW, which is 87.4 million people.
In the first half of the year, 204,000 container sites and 358,000 containers were installed.
Separate waste collection is an important element in the reform of MSW management and the development of a circular economy.
According to the plan, by 2030, 95% of the population will share waste.
To achieve this goal, it is necessary to continue to develop infrastructure in each region of the country and conduct environmental education so that sorting waste at home becomes a common practice, said Butsaev.
In 49 regions, a two-container approach for separate waste collection has been introduced, with mixed waste containers and recyclable containers installed.
In 19 regions, fractional waste collection is used, in which each fraction of waste is collected separately.
Nine regions use both approaches at the same time.
Thanks to federal subsidies for the purchase of containers for separate waste collection, the regions purchased 154,000 containers, which positively affected the introduction of a separate collection system in 42 regions.
The highest percentage of population involvement in RNO is observed in the Central Federal District (83.2%), while the lowest is in the North Caucasus Federal District (41.2%).
According to the regional authorities of Russia, in addition to containers for RNO, the country also operates 27 thousand specialized points for receiving secondary material resources, such as eco-centers, eco-houses, eco-stations, eco-centers and fandomats.
In 39 regions, residents have the opportunity to hand over collected secondary materials in specialized eco-centers with the possibility of receiving remuneration.
By the end of the first half of the year, there were about 600 points in the country where it was possible to take several types of recyclables at the same time.

The Russian Environmental Operator installed 204,000 container sites and 358,000 containers in the first half of 2023, aiming for 95% of the population to sort waste by 2030.

Environmental education and federal subsidies have helped introduce separate waste collection in 42 Russian regions.

The Russian Environmental Operator has listed 26 best eco-educational actions, with 96% of regional operators in Russia already promoting environmental education.

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SPC "Russian Environmental Operator" presented a collection of methodological recommendations on the organization of environmental education for regional operators for the removal of municipal solid waste (MSW).
The manual includes 26 best eco-educational practices of regoperators.
According to 56orb.ru, Denis Butsaev, Director General of the Russian Environmental Operator, called environmental education a significant component of the work of regional operators in the context of the state ’ s transition to a circular economy.
According to him, the results of the survey showed that 96% of regional operators are already engaged in environmental education, which is 78 out of 81 operators, and 91% of them have carried out various environmental actions.
It is important to continue to inform the public about the reform in the field of treatment of MSW, to form an environmental culture and responsible environmental behavior among citizens of the Russian Federation.
In the published manual, regional operators will find a variety of information on the organization of environmental education activities in the field of MSW management.
Methodological recommendations will be useful not only for regional operators, but also for public organizations.
The manual proposes to use a systematic approach in the organization of environmental education, actively expand cooperation with public environmental organizations and take part in environmental actions of the federal scale.
According to the PR Director of the Communications Department of the REO Dmitry Boyko, in this manual, regional operators will be able to find information about the development of their own eco-educational programs, the creation of public eco-spaces, for example, recycling workshops.
Boyko added that the Russian environmental operator recommends that regional operators also create special posts on environmental education, organize excursions to solid municipal waste management facilities, cooperate with environmental volunteers and the media.
Also, the Russian environmental operator recommends the use of recyclable materials for the production of souvenir products (badges, clothing, accessories, tablets, pens, phone stands, etc.) and distribute social videos, information posters and photos on waste management, including materials from the REO media bank.
The manual is available for download in the media bank and in the section “Diary of an eco-volunteer ”.

Bahrain's Ministry of Works has launched 'Dur.. Life goes on' to promote waste sorting and recycling in the East Hidd Housing Area.

Bahrain's Ministry of Works has launched 'Dur.. Life goes on' to promote waste sorting and recycling in the East Hidd Housing Area.

Bahrain's Ministry of Works has launched 'Dur.. Life goes on' to promote waste sorting and recycling in the East Hidd Housing Area.

The project aims to collect data and raise awareness to help implement effective household waste sorting and recycling.

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Mohammed bin Masoud - Dammam - The Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, in cooperation with the Ministry of Housing and the Waste Management Center « Estidama », inaugurated on Thursday morning the project « Dur..
Life continues in the East Hidd Housing Area to sort plastic, paper and metal waste, as part of the awareness campaigns implemented by the Municipalities Affairs to promote the culture and behaviors of the practice of sorting household waste from the source in various areas of Bahrain.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Undersecretary of Municipalities Affairs at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Eng. Shawqia Ibrahim Humaidan, Eng. Ibrahim Al-Jowder, Director General of Muharraq Municipality, Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, a representative from the Supreme Council for the Environment, a representative from the Ministry of Housing, Lamia Talfat, and a number of officials. The housing limit.
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Life continues in the East Hidd Housing Area came as a continuation of the implementation of the National Waste Management Strategy, which is receiving great attention and follow-up from His Excellency Eng. Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf, Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, which aims to gradually change the awareness and behavior of community members in dealing with household waste in a civilized and modern manner. Environment and Conservation »
He pointed to the importance of the East Hidd Housing City project for the implementation of the study project as one of the new model projects in which the elements of applying the project and measuring its impact are available.
The Deputy of Municipalities Affairs explained that East Hidd Housing City, Shaheen District, includes more than 487 housing units and 496 housing parcels, and has a modern infrastructure capable of achieving the main goal of the project, which is to study the impact of citizens ’ interaction with sorting centers and the amount of sortable and recyclable waste produced daily in conjunction with the holy month of Ramadan through 20 sorting centers. Bahrain.
He pointed out the great importance of the awareness and culture of citizens and residents to reduce the increase of productive violations, as the municipal affairs invest heavily in spreading awareness of modern concepts of waste management at the level of the individual, family and community.
Sheikh Mohammed praised the role of the Ministry of Housing and its cooperation with municipalities in such campaigns, saying, "We started this campaign through housing projects, and in partnership with the Ministry of Housing, which showed full cooperation with us in its implementation."
He praised the participation of the Grace Conservation Society with the « Municipalities » in this campaign through the distribution of a number of containers to recycle food waste and turn them into fertilizers that can be used in agriculture, and the « Grace Conservation Society » an awareness and educational role for the people aimed at reducing food waste.
For her part, Engineer Shawqa Ibrahim Humaidan, Assistant Undersecretary for Joint Municipal Services, said that the project aims to collect data, information and statistics that help the ministry to optimally implement the strategy of sorting and recycling household waste, and provide long-term solutions for waste management through effective partnership with the community.
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We started this campaign in the capital Manama through the housing of Nabih Saleh, and then we added another campaign in the southern governorate through Madinat Zayed. Today we are launching this campaign in Muharraq Governorate through the housing of East Hidd, and we are working to complete the rings in the northern governorate through the housing of Al Hadd.
Humaidan stressed that the aim of these campaigns is to promote the culture of recycling from the origin of the people, and to emphasize that the culture of recycling is a culture of life and continuity, so the slogan of the campaign came under this title, and through partnership from the private and public sectors, and the involvement of the people as the base from which these concepts start.
Humaidan explained that the Gulf City Cleaning Company, which is entrusted with cleaning services in Muharraq Governorate, will provide 40 containers dedicated to collecting waste sorted from home within 20 centers, which are emptied periodically, accompanied by a series of awareness ads in the vicinity of the region to urge citizens to participate in the project effectively.
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In Qatar, Elite Paper Recycling's Eco Dome project educates youths about recycling and sustainability.

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Doha, Qatar: Among the notable initiatives implemented by Qatar, the country has taken great strides toward addressing key environmental issues for Qatar National Vision (QNV) 2030, explained an official.

In an exclusive interview with The Peninsula, Chairman of Elite Paper Recycling Abdulla Al Suwaidi stated that Qatar like other countries actively participates in the environmental climate arrangements and has made robust commitments to mitigate climate change by attending conferences such as the United Nations framework.

He said:“This long-term development plan includes environmental sustainability goals and we as Elite provide as much as we can in terms of raising awareness and importance of recycling and what it will impact if we don't take responsibility and don't recycle.”

Elaborating on the significance of enlightening the future generation on the need to recycle, Al Suwaidi said“We first started raising awareness in the society and about the importance of recycling for future generation, the children and it will help them for the education and when they grow up how it will help them to recycle and the importance of the recycling to save the environment and Qatar's environment.”

The leading manufacturing firm commenced its operations in 2014 and has inked agreements with numerous entities in the country including Al Meera, Milaha, and HEC Paris in Qatar over the years.

The official noted that these memorandums of understanding are signed to create wider impacts in the society by not merely targeting entities, but also the staff, friends, and families on a larger scale.

Elite also launched the Eco Dome project, which serves as an edutainment awareness initiative providing the youths to learn through experience on recycling and sustainability.

“The Eco Dome project is to show the young generation the importance of recycling and what will happen if they don't recycle. We are showing them what happens in the environment and deforestation if we don't recycle and use our old paper to use them as a new raw material for the usage of paper. So in that case we are showing them this will happen in the future if you don't recycle and save the environment, Al Suwaidi stressed.

Outlining the pioneering projects in the years ahead, the official mentioned that“In 2024, in the first quarter we will be launching our new project, which is Elite Tissue Factory. We will be producing the raw material for the tissue made from FEC certificate pulp resources and natural resources using plants instead of cutting trees to use them as raw material to make such pulp for the usage of the tissue and paper products.”

He further added,“We will be using that for manufacturing the new eco-friendly tissue product which will be used for Qatar's market for tissue industry.”

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India's waste-to-energy model in Indore treats 35 tonnes of wet waste daily, generating over 13,000 bio-CNG.

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Indore is the city that excelled at the idea of converting waste into energy. The success of the model is such that now 72 nations are now all set to follow the path of the city.

According to a report published in TOI (2019 data), around 35 tonne of wet waste is treated on a daily basis and more than 13,000 bio-CNG is generated daily. The CNG produced is used to run the city buses. The city is tackling waste management through its biomethanation plants.

72 countries are gearing up to replicate the model

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A resolution was passed during a conference of the International Forum for Sustainable Asia and Pacific jointly hosted by the United Nations (Asia Pacific Region) and the government of Japan on Sustainable Technologies in Tokyo.

Indian representative presented technical insights regarding how Indore’s plants have successfully dealt with wet waste management. He presented the technical features of the biomethanation plant of Indore for producing bio-CNG out of wet waste generated in the city daily.

India's representative told TOI, “A resolution has been passed by UN and it has been decided that the model of Indore’s biomethanation plant will be replicated in about 72 countries of Asia Pacific Region, which will include 52 Asian countries and 20 African countries. Countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh,  Japan, Malaysia, Iraq, Maldives, Oman, and South Korea are also on the list.”

What is biomethanation?

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The resolution has mentioned Indore’s biomethanation model, which is recognized as the most sustainable and cost-effective, zero-waste management model to tackle wet waste.

Biomethanation is a process by which organic material is microbiologically converted under anaerobic conditions to biogas. Microorganisms degrade biological or organic compounds to generate biogas and manure.

According to The Indian Express, “Biogas is a mixture containing carbon dioxide and methane in varying proportions and a small quantity of hydrogen sulfide gas. Methane is a harmful gas if released in the environment as it is one of the four major gases responsible for global warming. But it is an excellent fuel.”

Asia’s largest bio-CNG plant in Indore

Asia’s largest bio-CNG plant is set up in Indore. The plant has the capacity to process 550 tonnes of organic solid municipal waste per day to produce 17,000 kg of bio-CNG and 100 tonnes of organic compost.

Bio-CNG is a renewable fuel obtained by purifying biogas which is produced when microbes break down organic matter like food, crop residue, wastewater, etc.

The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) set up the plant on the public-private partnership (PPP) model as per the Centre’s ‘wealth-to-waste’ initiative. The initial investment in the project is Rs 550 crore which is estimated to generate 19,000 kg of bio-CNG gas. Media reports also reveal that IMC will purchase bio-CNG at Rs 5 per kg and use it to fuel nearly 400 of its buses.

Further, the by-product of organic compost is better for soil health than chemical fertilisers and Bio-CNG units in the transport sector offer the prospect of cleaner and greener fuel.

Indore is India’s cleanest city

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India's cleanest city Indore turns waste into bio-CNG and also generates wealth out of it. Indore, which was ranked 25th in the cleanliness survey of the year 2015, has now reached the number-1 position. This journey to Indore has not been easy. The municipal corporation improved the sanitation system with hundreds of workers and modern machines and also paid attention to solid waste management.

According to the TOI report, the IMC disposes of 600 tons each of wet and dry waste every day. Last year, Indore was declared the country's first 'Water Plus' city under the Swachh Survekshan 202.

The status was achieved by stopping the release of sewage water into the river and drains from 1,746 public and 5,624 domestic outfalls.

Due to these changes and activism towards cleanliness of Indore, today it has become open defecation free. Along with the awareness campaign, two dustbins each for dry and wet waste were kept in the entire city. The Municipal Corporation was made more active to take the garbage to the homes of the people.

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Apart from this, transportation hubs were set up at 10 places in Indore, which take all the garbage from here to the trenching ground. Also, there are over seven thousand sweepers who are engaged in cleaning day and night.

There is a fine of 100 to 500 rupees for spreading filth, spitting and defecating or urinating in the open. The biggest thing is that up to one lakh rupees are spot fined on those who spread dirt in Indore.

There are 172 public and 125 community toilets, which are cleaned four times a day. This is the reason that today Indore has become a completely garbage-free city.

100% of waste is disposed of here. In the meantime, gardens are being built on top of the old waste disposal in the trenching ground. In addition, the corporation is also making daily bio-CNG from the waste generated from vegetable markets.

Indore's bio-CNG is used to run city buses, offering a sustainable waste management solution.

Indore's waste management model uses biomethanation to convert organic material into biogas, making it a zero-waste solution.

The biomethanation model in Indore will be replicated in 72 countries across Asia and Africa.

China has implemented garbage sorting policies in select cities before a nationwide rollout.

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Many residents in Beijing and Shanghai have become proficient in sorting garbage, including dry garbage, wet garbage and harmful garbage.
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National Health Commission issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Urban Environmental Infrastructure" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"), and made arrangements for the construction of a scientific and perfect domestic waste classification and treatment system.
The Guiding Opinions clearly state that by 2025, the classification and collection capacity of domestic waste will reach about 700,000 tons / day, and the incineration capacity will reach about 800,000 tons / day; the utilization rate of urban resources will reach about 60%, and the incineration capacity of urban domestic waste will reach about 65%.
Tong Lin, director of the Environmental Health Engineering Technology Research Center of the Ministry of Housing and Construction, said that the "Guidance" clarifies the construction pattern of incineration treatment facilities, promotes waste reduction and resource utilization, and points out the direction for the classification and treatment of domestic waste during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
According to the Guiding Opinions, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the domestic waste classification and collection system will be more perfect.
All localities will rationally arrange domestic garbage collection stations, improve the classification transportation system, and speed up the completion of the capacity of sorting collection and transfer facilities.
According to the requirements, all localities will clarify the construction goals and tasks of facilities for the collection and transportation of domestic waste, steadily promote the construction of facilities, and effectively connect the classification delivery end and the classification processing end to avoid garbage "first division and later mixing".
At the same time, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China will also fully implement the domestic waste charging system, implement the garbage metering charging of non-resident users, explore the charging of resident users according to the amount, and encourage all localities to innovate the charging mode of domestic waste disposal and continuously improve the collection rate.
The construction of incineration facilities will be accelerated.
The construction of waste incineration treatment facilities in urban built-up areas with daily clearance of more than 300 tons of domestic waste will be accelerated.
In regions that do not have the conditions to build large-scale waste incineration treatment facilities, the state encourages construction through cross-regional co-construction and sharing.
Tong Lin said that the "14th Five-Year Plan" period should be closely linked to the high-quality development requirements of waste classification treatment, on the basis of the existing, further expand the incineration based technology pattern, reduce the amount of primary waste landfill.
Promote the construction of kitchen waste disposal facilities in an orderly manner.
"With the implementation of garbage classification, all localities need to adopt a long-term layout and transitional arrangement to accelerate the construction and transformation of kitchen waste treatment facilities, and comprehensively solve the problems of kitchen waste, household kitchen waste and garbage disposal in farmers' markets," Tong Lin said. "..."
According to the guidance, in accordance with the principles of green and low-carbon, intensive and efficient, and circular development, the construction of sewage, garbage, solid waste, hazardous waste, medical waste treatment and disposal and resource utilization "multi-integrated" comprehensive disposal bases, and the promotion of the construction mode of intravenous industrial parks.
Tong Lin explained that this is conducive to promoting the sharing of processing facilities and equipment, resource and energy sharing, common treatment of environmental pollution, shared responsibility and risk sharing, to achieve rational use of resources, effective disposal of pollutants, controllable environmental risks, and steadily improve the development level of facilities.
Domestic waste disposal should also be upgraded to intelligent green.
In the next stage, the state will promote the intelligent upgrading of the whole system of domestic waste classification management, and strengthen the collection, sharing, analysis, evaluation and early warning of information.
(Editor: Sun Hongli, Yang Di)
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Japan is a leader in waste disposal due to its strict laws and half-century of sustained efforts.

Bhubaneswar has launched a Recycle Pay App, developed by Ceiba Green Solutions, to improve waste sorting and recycling.

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Content: British Deputy High Commissioner, East and Northeast India, Dr Andrew Fleming launched the pilot innovative Recycle Pay App

Bhubaneswar: The British Deputy High Commissioner, East and Northeast India, Dr Andrew Fleming launched the pilot innovative Recycle Pay App developed by the startup Ceiba Green Solutions, incubated at Atal Incubation Centre, Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation.

Dr Nihar Ranjan Sahoo, Chief Engineer, Odisha State Pollution Control Board, Shri Rashmi Ranjan Sahu, Senior Mission Associate (Incubation & Partnership), Startup Odisha, Ms Deepshikha Sarkar, Incubation Manager, Atal Incubation Centre, Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Fleming said the India-UK Roadmap 2030 outlines UK’s commitment to address India’s waste management. In the Roadmap, smart and sustainable urbanisation is a key pillar of cooperation, particularly in smart cities like Bhubaneshwar. We aspire to launch a new phase of cooperation on urbanisation by supporting smart and sustainable cities which includes promoting climate action and disaster risk reduction in cities, developing effective solid waste management and treatment and promotion of a circular economy, digitalisation and smart tech.

In waste management under Mission ‘Waste to Wealth’, the objective is to identify, develop and deploy technologies to treat waste to generate energy, recycle materials, and extract resources of value. This pilot innovative Recycle Pay App is a way forward in this direction.

Our education, research and innovation and enterprise includes positioning the UK and India as mutual partners of choice and a force for good in the world in areas of shared priority, including health, circular economy, climate, clean energy, urban development and engineering healthier environments and waste-to-wealth.

We also look to build on the UK-India Development Capital Partnerships and strengthen two-way investments between UK and India, with the goal of investing into Indian start-ups, early-stage and green businesses and other innovative ventures and contributing towards sustainable development and the achievement of Global Goals by 2030.

The App launch was followed by a workshop on the Recycle Pay App training and also explaining the circular economy business model.

The Recycle Pay App is part of India's 'Waste to Wealth' initiative to treat waste, generate energy, and extract resources.

Rio de Janeiro implemented an overhead ropeway system to collect garbage from slums, but it failed due to high costs.

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I began to wonder, outside of Taiwan, what other interesting garbage disposal methods?
Therefore, I began to ask foreign friends from different countries, and also opened a few "garbage books" to look at the garbage stories in different places.
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Just in time, before I heard the “To Alice ” melody coming down the stairs, I changed my clothes, quickly packed the garbage bag, walked out of the small apartment, and waited for a few minutes and a dozen minutes.
Wait a minute.
Today is Sunday...
It seems that it was a while ago that I suddenly realized that it is not a very convenient thing to throw a family garbage in Taiwan.
For most people, this process may have formed a natural habit like brushing your teeth every day, but for me as a foreigner, it is still somewhat fresh.
In foreign countries, most people are used to concentrating garbage in designated areas, waiting for cleaners to come and clean up at a fixed time.
However, in Taiwan, this movement has a different character.
Think about it, which country still has the call of classical music when it is littering?
Is there a place where you can call a neighbor for trash?
So I began to wonder, outside of Taiwan, what other interesting garbage disposal methods?
Therefore, I began to ask foreign friends from different countries, and also opened a few "garbage books" to look at the garbage stories in different places.
India – the merging of inertia and creativity
Imagine that.
When you are still sleepy in the morning, suddenly you hear the doorbell at home being pressed hard.
It turns out that someone came to the house to collect garbage from you.
In some parts of New Delhi, you only need to pay a monthly processing fee, and a cleaning worker will come to your home early every morning to collect your garbage.
And more thoughtful than that.
If you live in a high-rise household, just tie the garbage bag to the rope and slowly drop the rope from the window or balcony, and there will be a cleaning worker on the ground to help you catch it.
This use of rope in place of step creates a unique image of India, and also shows the great nature of man ’ s merging of inertia and creativity.
Singapore – The pursuit of maximum efficiency
Coincidentally, in Singapore, which emphasizes efficiency and convenience, it also adopts the method of "going down" garbage from high places.
The difference is that Singapore built a special passageway for it.
In the land of Singapore, most of the people live in high-rise housing (HDB).
In each house, the government has set up a "small door".
In Europe and the United States, this door may be for Santa Claus, but in Singapore, just open it and look inside, and what appears in front of you will be a pipe connecting to the first floor.
At the bottom, a large trash can is placed.
Therefore, as long as the garbage is filled, you can not have to step out of the home, at any time into the "small door" to throw in.
This approach, which breaks through time and space constraints, is in line with Singapore ’ s pursuit of efficiency.
However, compared to India, it is also "devolved", but there is less, er, people-to-people connection (?)
Ancient Maya Civilization - The Most Natural Open Air Garbage Site
In the book "Garbage Song", it is mentioned that the ancient Maya civilization handled garbage.
It is reported that in ancient Maya civilization, most of the garbage will be discarded in what we now call the "open garbage dump."
The interior of these garbage dumps has methane buildup, and occasionally internal explosions occur.
And through this "natural way of destruction", some of the garbage will continue to burn or smoldering, and then burn more space to accommodate more garbage, and continue to cycle.
From it, we can see the wisdom of human beings, and as early as that time, there was the concept of today's open-air garbage dump.
Fortunately, the explosion did not blow up humans into garbage.
In early America, the garbage is finally no longer thrown out.
Around 1757, Benjamin Franklin changed the way Americans handled garbage.
The slash inventor, who was also a politician, scientist, author, and so on, was unhappy with the American habit of throwing garbage out of windows, so he created the first street cleaning service in Philadelphia.
At this time, the United States began to dig garbage pits in their own yard, waiting for the cleaning service to deal with it.
However, the modern method of municipal waste management was invented by Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., in the late 19th century.
Vonin and 2,000 white-clad employees (hence the name "White Party") helped to clear the streets of the city, and then drove them to a garbage dump or incinerator.
Until then, the trash will even be sent to the Atlantic Ocean for dumping.
Perhaps it ’ s not just the United States, but other countries should also thank Franklin and Warren for not throwing away American trash anymore.
Brazil – a slippery slope that temporarily solves the problems of slums
In Rio de Janeiro in the late 1980s, about one third of the city's population was clustered in 400 slums.
Due to the fact that many of these slums are on ramps, the ground is inclined and the roads are narrow, making it difficult to clean up household waste.
Traditional garbage disposal tools such as trucks, tractors, and even horse-drawn vehicles are not suitable for use.
Therefore, garbage is piled up everywhere, causing pests and rats and stench.
In the end, the government decided to mobilize the relevant technicians to build two garbage disposal units in the ghetto.
One is set up on a ramp to store garbage; the other is set on a flat ground and is regularly emptied by the garbage removal department, and the two are connected by an overhead ropeway and a slip.
In this way, the garbage can slide to the bottom of the mountain through the slippery slope.
However, this seemingly interesting approach on the screen ended in failure because the costs of the era were too high.
Taiwan – What can we do besides “To Alice ”?
Back in Taiwan, the way to deal with household garbage is as described at the beginning of the article, accompanied by the melody of "To Alice" (a girl's prayer) (it is said that when Taiwan purchased a garbage truck from Germany, it was originally equipped with music), and then went out to ride the stairs with the rhythm, and then threw bags of garbage onto the garbage truck.
However, after walking through different spacetime and seeing different garbage disposal methods, we can find that different spacetime environments have spawned different garbage disposal habits.
However, in the end, due to various restrictions, different ways of coping have evolved.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the production of garbage.
Perhaps before we continue to find a more suitable garbage disposal method, we can think again, why is the garbage that we are ready to throw away become garbage in our own hands?
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The Indian government has launched initiatives like the India-UK Roadmap 2030 to promote waste management and sustainable urbanization.

The UK and India are partnering to promote education, research, and innovation in areas like health, climate, and clean energy.

In Bangladesh, city corporations and informal recycling systems handle waste collection and management, creating jobs for the poor.

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Muzammel Haque

Industry is the major source of greenhouse gases that are harmful to the environment and human health because it contains toxic substances and hazardous materials. Mercury, lead, and even arsenic, which are found in e-waste and released into the environment, can cause serious illnesses and harm to those who are exposed to them.

80 percent of children working on waste sites in Bangladesh suffered from respiratory illnesses, lung diseases, and high levels of lead in their blood (ILO).

Scavenger Children working on waste sites will come into contact with these hazardous elements on a daily basis for extended periods of time. The longer and more consistent the exposure, the more likely they will become ill.

Bangladesh's urban areas generate approximately 25,000 tonnes of solid waste per day, which equates to 170 kg per capita per year.

Dhaka generates one-quarter of the country's urban waste. Due to high population growth and increased per capita waste generation, total urban solid waste is expected to reach 47,000 tonnes per day by 2025. Bangladesh's annual per capita plastic consumption in urban areas tripled to 9kg in 2020 from 3kg in 2005, according to World Bank.

Every day, millions of bags are dumped in four rivers around the Dhaka city, with a large portion of them ending up in drains, lakes, and rivers. Again, toxic chemicals and radioactive materials can be found in hospital and clinical waste.

In Bangladesh, the city corporation is primarily responsible for waste collection and management. Despite limited waste management services, door-to-door community waste collection from households to local trash cans is regarded as a success.

Informal waste recycling systems are also extremely beneficial in terms of waste recycling and job creation for the poor.

To achieve the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goal, urban local governments must design proper waste disposal methods and invest adequately over the next decade.

According to the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11, we must "make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable."

One of the major areas that needs significant improvement to achieve this goal is safe waste disposal. Add to that the climate change impact of methane and CO2 from poorly managed waste: within ten years, dumpsites could be responsible for up to a tenth of manmade greenhouse gas emissions.

Bangladesh should implement a long-term strategy (consisting of five interconnected strategies research, advocacy, capacity building, communication and intervention strategies) of Climate Change and Solid Waste Management Programmes under the City Corporation.

This strategy would include a mission, vision, and theory of change, and it would be a living document that would evolve and improve over time.

Effective climate change education should be provided through a suitable and low-cost environment friendly waste management system that linked the local government and private sectors for the benefit of scavenging children and a sustainable environment.

The climate smart community's goal is to use climate adaptation and mitigation technologies with the goal of eventually converting a community to be climate-smart, which focuses on maximizing the use of natural resources without depleting the community's natural systems' capacity to be sustainable.

City Corporations have been working on another unique approach known as the 'Clean, Green, and Safe Approach,' which is applicable for both rural and urban settings, as well as in both community and schools, to ensure that children, community are sensitized to ensure that the environment is clean, green, and safe for all.

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (3R) approach is an important component of modern waste reduction.

Collecting recyclable materials that would otherwise be considered waste, sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials such as fibers, manufacturing raw materials into new products, and purchasing recycled products are all examples of recycling.

Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) -City Corporations should take the issue of ISWM very seriously, strengthening operational procedures, adopting innovative technologies, and involving local communities, NGOs, and private sectors in proper solid waste management.

A scientific system for organic waste collection from home to home has been established. Composting organic waste is available in some facilities across the country.

Furthermore, some farmers have joined forces to improve and expand the use and production of compost across the country. Instead, if this organic waste is composted, it could be a great source of organic fertilizer.

Anaerobic digestion is used in biogas systems to recycle organic materials, converting them into biogas, which contains both energy (gas) and valuable soil products.

Anaerobic digestion occurs naturally, in landfills, and in some livestock manure management systems, but it can be optimized, controlled, and contained with the help of an anaerobic digester.

Once capital costs are addressed and climate change adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable waste management technologies are in place, the proposed effective intervention will be self-sustaining.
Muzammel Haque, Consultant and Development Practitioner

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The UN's Sustainable Development Goal 11 aims to make cities inclusive and sustainable, with safe waste disposal being a major area for improvement in Bangladesh.

Hong Kong has implemented a waste charging policy based on the 'polluter pays' principle.

The policy to reduce waste and promote recycling has been met with public uncertainty and doubt.

In India, companies like Sampurn(e)arth Environment Solutions offer customized waste management solutions to create a zero-waste model.

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Long before the nation answered the clarion call for a Swachh Bharat, three young electrical engineers took a good look at their environment and the decision to save it followed naturally. Debartha Banerjee, Jayanth Nataraju and Ritvik Rao were all new to Mumbai when they met at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in June 2010. During a social entrepreneurship course, they decided to embark on a project that would later become Sampurn(e)arth.

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"The name is derived from the Sanskrit meaning of the words," explains Debartha Banerjee, one of the three founders. "'Sampurn' means complete, while 'arth' means 'purpose', as also 'wealth'. Sampurn(e)arth embodies our vision of creating a purposeful venture which benefits both our planet and economy," he adds.

While working with NGOs that dealt with waste management at TISS, Banerjee, Nataraju and Rao realised that the amount of work yet to be done in the field was nothing short of gargantuan. "Many NGOs worked on waste management, but their impact was too small," explains Nataraju. "This city produces roughly 10,000 tonnes of waste daily, and the NGOs could only deal with 100-200 tonnes a day. Our goal was to create a scalable model that can collect, process and recycle waste in much larger volumes."

Sampurn(e)arth Environment Solutions, set up in 2012, provides customised waste management solutions, including waste audits, collection, recycling and maintenance. Projected as a zero waste model, it allows clients to not only cut losses through recycled goods, but it also helps clients make a profit with options such as biogas production. Till date, the trio have catered to over 75 clients. These include heavyweight corporates such as Tata Power, Axis Bank, DBS Bank, TCS and L&T, educational institutes, housing complexes and the municipal corporation. They have crafted end-to-end waste management solutions, including the setting up of waste trading centres, biogas plants and composting systems for organic waste.

One of the biggest beneficiaries of this system, they say, is the city itself. "The municipal corporation spends thousands of crores of rupees on waste management," says Nataraju. "That expenditure can be reduced. Moreover, money can be earned with our system." Banerjee adds, "In Mumbai, most dumping grounds are next to water bodies, and it is quite likely that a lot of our food and water are polluted. If we test the fish that we eat, it will probably be toxic. So we need to solve this problem."

However, the environment is not the only beneficiary of their work. The founders explain that they were greatly influenced by the work they did with the NGO Stree Mukti Sangathana, which works with women waste collectors. "A huge number of people, especially women, work in the unorganised sector as waste pickers. Most people almost never interact with them in their daily lives. Our goal was to integrate them into society, by training them to recycle and manage waste. By working with Sampurn(e)arth, they have a better livelihood and aspirations for the future. The unorganised labour force has the potential to be a part of tomorrow's solutions," says Banerjee.

However, their journey has not been an easy one. "Our biggest challenge is not awareness, but people's attitude," admits Rao. "In other countries, people segregate their waste into five to six categories to help with collection and recycling, but in Mumbai, even if we have two categories, that's half the battle won," adds Banerjee.

It's been three years since the project kicked off and today, Sampurn(e)arth has transformed waste collectors into a team of waste managers. They have, so far, handled over 1,000 tonnes of dry waste and 1,000 tonnes of wet waste. But they are only getting started. The founders explain that they hope to scale up the system to handle giant city projects and even expand the project to other Indian cities.

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Sampurn(e)arth has catered to over 75 clients, helping them cut losses and make a profit through recycling and biogas production.

The company's work benefits the environment and unorganized labor, especially women waste collectors, by training them in waste management and providing a better livelihood.

Egypt is investing £12 billion in a new waste system to reduce emissions and generate economic returns through recycling projects.

Egypt is investing £12 billion in a new waste system to reduce emissions and generate economic returns through recycling projects.

Egypt is investing £12 billion in a new waste system to reduce emissions and generate economic returns through recycling projects.

The government has set up 94 intermediate stations and recycling plants to produce energy, fertilizer, and fuel from waste.

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Waste Recycling is an environmental commitment to reduce harmful emissions and a huge economic return
The State is moving to implement waste recycling projects, in order to emphasize its role in the task of environmental commitment, as it is keen to reduce the negative effects and harmful emissions caused by the accumulation of waste.
In this regard, Ahmed Saeed, head of the waste system at the Ministry of Local Development, said that the state is seeking to achieve participatory action under the umbrella of the political leadership and with the approval of the Council of Ministers in waste recycling projects, with a total of about 12 billion pounds investments in the new waste system.
Hamdi Arafa, a local development expert and consultant to international municipalities, says that recycling and reuse of waste is one of the largest national projects, pointing out that the return from these projects is very huge.
Arafa pointed out that the experiences of the major industrial countries in the waste recycling project, as China is at the forefront of those countries that recycle garbage and waste again, pointing out that the projects of lining the canals contributed to reducing pollution significantly, as part of the efforts of the Ministry of Local Development, more than 4,000 kilometers of canals have been lined in strategic partnership with the governorates of the Republic and the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
The local development expert stressed that Egypt is now moving to implement waste recycling projects, especially as these projects provide a huge material return to the national economy.
The integrated solid waste management system included reducing pollution and heat emissions in addition to launching infrastructure development in the solid waste monitoring system, closing random landfills, establishing waste collection stations from neighborhoods with a total of 94 stations and establishing sanitary landfill cells, and silos to recycle waste and produce electricity.
Magdi Allam, an environmental expert, says that waste recycling projects have more than one dimension, for example, on the environmental side, they reduce pollution and the risk of spreading diseases and other damages that result from the accumulation of waste.
From an economic point of view, Allam explains that waste recycling needs a strong and equipped infrastructure to implement such projects, in order to achieve the desired goal of economic return.
It is noteworthy that 94 intermediate stations have been established to collect waste from neighborhoods, in addition to the establishment of safe sanitary burial cells in 27 governorates estimated at 52 cells, as well as the establishment of solid waste recycling plants to reach the production of electric energy and improved organic fertilizer to be used in land reclamation and the production of fuel that replaces coal in many industries such as cement industry. Spokesman for the Ministry of Local Development.
According to the Ministry of Local Development, over the past two and a half years, accumulations of nearly 50 million tons have been lifted, with 45 million Egyptian citizens benefiting from this as a final result, and these investments are estimated at 12 billion Egyptian pounds.

In China, the waste recycling rate of low-value recyclables is only 26.6%, far below the 75% average for main recycled resources.

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Beijing, Feb. 20 / According to Guangming Daily, “You see, this is the third time I made an appointment to go to the door to recycle, and I also took nearly 40 yuan of environmental protection reward. ” The problem of" taking too much land ", and also getting environmental protection awards, is really a lot.
“Old clothes, waste paper boards, glass bottles … These are low-value recyclables. If they can be recycled, they can be turned into treasures. It is a great help to promote waste reduction, resourcefulness and recycling. ” The on-site recycling staff is busy cleaning up and explaining.
According to the professional explanation, low-value recyclables are related to the concept of high-value waste such as waste cars and waste appliances, and their recycling is an important part of promoting the conservation and intensive utilization of various resources.
So, since the value is low, why do we need to carry out recycling?
The recovery rate of low-value recyclables needs to be improved
Low-value recyclables are recyclable, but they need to pay a higher cost for recycling, and it is difficult to effectively recycle various types of waste by relying solely on market forces.
Such as disposable lunch boxes, disposable plastic cups, foam, waste plastic packaging bags, waste beverage paper-based composite packaging, waste paper cups, paper bowls, waste textiles, waste glass and so on.
At present, most low-value recyclables in China are mixed into domestic waste for collection, transportation, incineration or landfill.
Among them, the average operating cost of incineration power generation construction is about 350 yuan / ton, which not only brings environmental pollution and increases carbon dioxide emissions, but also brings a continuous burden to local finances; landfill treatment requires occupying a large amount of land resources, and a series of problems such as groundwater sources and soil pollution.
A small number of low-value recyclables can enter the recycling system through the recycling behavior of enterprises or individuals.
However, due to the poor recycling efficiency of low-value recyclables, the level of technical equipment of enterprises is generally low, so it has become a "small scattered pollution" centralized explosion point and waste recycling system of the short board.
"Local governments do not attach importance to recycling, corporate recycling is not high, and people are indifferent to classification, which is also the reason why the recycling rate of low-value recyclables is generally low." The total recovery rate is only 26.6%, which is far lower than the average recovery rate of more than 75% of the main recycled resources.
In 2022, China 's main recycled resources recycling volume exceeded 371 million tons, of which waste steel, waste paper, waste copper, waste lead accounted for 22%, 54%, 35% and 47% of the production of steel, paper, copper and lead, respectively. The recycling of materials has added more than 45 million tons of recycled plastics, recycled paper and other recycled resources to society. Among them, recycled plastics save about 60 million tons of crude oil, which is equivalent to rebuilding a Daqing oilfield.
It is worth noting that the carbon reduction effect of low-value recyclables is very obvious compared to mixing domestic waste for landfill or incineration power generation.
For example, recycling 1 ton of waste plastic can reduce carbon emissions by 1.5 to 2.2 tons, equivalent to 700 to 750 liters of unleaded gasoline or diesel.
With the improvement of the level of public consumption and the high development of emerging industries such as e-commerce, the total amount of domestic waste in China's cities is constantly increasing.
Relevant research shows that it is expected that by 2030, the amount of garbage removal in China's cities and towns will reach 421 to 491 million tons / year.
If 40% of domestic waste is used as a resource, it can reduce the combined social cost of 1184.84 yuan / ton, and also reduce the emission of two [~ symbol ~] English and carbon dioxide, effectively improving the comprehensive economic, social and environmental benefits.
The key to establishing a recycling system for waste materials
Low-value recyclables come from every aspect of daily production and life, covering many varieties, diverse physical forms and different chemical properties.
How to build an effective upstream and downstream link, garbage classification, transportation and resource-based utilization of effective collaboration of recycling operation system, become the key to low-value recyclables recycling.
At the low-value recyclables sorting center in Haicang District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, domestic waste mixed with low-value recyclables goes through the process of bag breaking, elimination, screening, etc., and enters the intelligent sorting platform and waits for "identification".
“Intelligent sorting mainly uses spectral recognition, AI and other technologies for precise classification, and the classification recognition rate is more than 95%. ” Tsai Liangzhi, general manager of sorting center, introduced that different materials show different spectra.
“After cleaning and sorting, the waste will become a production raw material, which is the most popular in the eyes of many enterprises, ” said Tsai. The sorted materials are refined into 15 categories such as ordinary paper, paper and plastic composite, and then sent to downstream recycling enterprises, and“ incarnated ” into products such as cloth, shopping bags, and plastic desks and chairs.
How to solve the front-end low-value recyclables sorting and recycling work when the mid-end intelligent sorting and end-use resource utilization are fully prepared?
In January 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Housing and Urban and Rural Construction and other seven departments jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of the Recycling System of Waste Materials, which sounded the urgent call for the establishment of a network system for recycling waste materials.
As one of the earliest cities in China to implement waste classification, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, relying on the advantages of digital economy, promotes the application of "Internet +" and other smart models in the construction of waste and material recycling systems, innovates the waste and material recycling regulatory model, and promotes the recycling process and system reconstruction.
Xiamen City firmly grasp the system construction of the "ox nose", after years of efforts, initially explore a "government coordinated deployment support - professional operation of enterprises - residents active participation" covering the front, middle and rear end of the low-value recyclable recycling model.
According to operational data, the comprehensive selection rate of low-value recyclables in Xiamen has increased from 72.72% in 2020 to 74.31% in 2022, which can turn 150,000 tons of waste into resources every year, with an economic value of more than 135 million yuan and a reduction of about 435,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Chongqing City is clear that by 2025, the city will basically establish a complete recycling system of waste materials, and the processing and utilization of renewable resources will reach 16 million tons.
Shanghai proposed that by 2025, the city's domestic waste incineration capacity should be stable at 28,000 tons / day, and the wet waste treatment capacity should reach 11,000 tons / day, fully ensuring the separation and disposal of domestic waste and the utilization of resources.
Technology Engine for High-Value Utilization
At present, takeaway has penetrated into all aspects of contemporary life.
According to industry statistics, China's annual use of takeaway lunch boxes has exceeded 1 million tons.
When you are in a big hurry, do you care about the ultimate fate of these discarded lunch boxes?
"We have solved the technical problems of recycling lunch boxes, such as removing impurities, deodorizing, spinning and fabric production, and successfully opened the technical route of 'recycled lunch boxes - slicing - granulating - brushing - weaving - clothing'." It is made of ultra-fine denier polypropylene fiber, and is made into fabrics and T-shirts with fast drying function.
Technological progress is the key to solving environmental problems.
At present, some textile enterprises use the production process of corner materials, printing and dyeing defects for recycling, the development of carpets, bedding, storage boxes and other home textile products, some enterprises use pesticide packaging waste, the development of rice throwing tray, packaging tape, engineering plastic barrels and other products.
In Licang District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, smart recycling equipment is changing the habits of residents' recyclables and shaping a new fashion for green and healthy living.
“There is no need to classify, the machine will automatically identify whether it is recyclable, and it can automatically weigh and receive cash rewards after one-time delivery. ” Zhu Haiyan, a resident of Jinqiu District, Hushan Street, Li Cang District, said that smart recycling is good for residents and promotes garbage sorting.
Not only that, smart recycling equipment can also connect to the transportation platform through the Internet of Things, and through the big data operation platform, intelligent planning of the clearance route, greatly shorten the waiting time for full warehouse, residents can check the service status of each equipment at any time, reasonable arrangement of delivery time.
Nowadays, the "high value" application of many low-value recyclables has formed a "negative pressure" on the industrial chain, which is attracting more scientific and technological forces to help low-value recyclables become waste.
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The Chinese government has implemented policies to promote waste recycling, including systems in cities like Hangzhou, Xiamen, and Chongqing.

In Europe, EPR laws make producers financially and operationally responsible for the recovery and recycling of packaging.

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JD Ambati, founder and CEO of EverestLabs and RecycleOS, explains how AI and robotics are transforming recycling under Extended Producer Responsibility law

JD Ambati is the founder and CEO of EverestLabs and RecycleOS, the first AI-enabled operating system for material recovery facilities (MRFs). The companies offer highly flexible and easy-to-install AI and robotics solutions to automate material sorting within facilities, thus increasing recycling rates and contributing to a circular economy

Through their data-driven approach, MRFs gain enhanced visibility into their daily operations, which proves crucial as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies impose more stringent recovery and audit requirements worldwide.

We sat down with Ambati to find out more.

What is the intent of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws?

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an emerging legislation that places responsibility on the producers for the end-of-life of packaging. What this means is a packaging producer of say plastic water bottles will be held both financially and operationally responsible for the recovery and recycling of the product (plastic water bottle). Packaging producers will now have to provide the capital and services (collecting, sorting, reusing) necessary to assist and manage their products from creation all the way through the end of their life after it is discarded.

Eleven US states have introduced legislation on EPR for packaging in 2023. More extensive EPR programmes are expected to go into effect over the next 12 months. This will completely change the economics of recycling and the role packaging producers and recyclers play in enabling a more sustainable future.

How is the municipal process and the economics of recycling going to shift under EPR laws?

Currently, recycling programmes are funded by local municipalities and consumers with some mandated requirements for baseline recovery rates. Under EPR-based schemes, producers will fund recycling programmes typically through an industry-appointed non-profit called a PRO (producer responsibility organisation). EPR legislation also imposes higher standards for recovery rates and the use of recycled content.

By putting the responsibility on producers, it creates an incentive to make packaging more recyclable, increasing the demand for recycled commodities, which will create a truly circular economy compared to one propped up by municipal programmes.

Europe and Canada have been early drivers of EPR and have experienced impressive results. The U.S. can expect to experience a similar shift with the implementation of EPR across more states.

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Do you believe putting the responsibility on the producer is appropriate? Or do you believe there is a better approach to get producers and recyclers to actively participate in the creation of a circular economy?

Yes, EPR is one of the most effective ways to spearhead the creation of a circular economy. By putting the onus on the producers of waste, the EPR-led model for recycling will have a very positive outcome on recycling programmes and recycling rates going forward.

Currently, the burden of responsibility to recycle is on the consumer and the recycling/reprocessing companies who do not control the supply. Packaging is hard to collect, harder to recover, and even harder to reprocess back into raw material. Producers actually do have the ability to control these things which they will do more effectively if they are responsible for the entire life cycle.

Do you think producers and recyclers today are ready for the EPR laws to take effect? What kind of implications should producers and recyclers prepare for under this new model?

Some packaging producers and recyclers have taken positive steps forward in preparing for new legislation. Others, however, need to be more proactive in preparing for the changes to come.

Packaging and CPG companies must prepare for more scrutiny on the use of recycled material and the recyclability of their packaging. They must prepare for greater visibility into the lifecycle of their packaging, and greater emphasis on what exactly is being recycled. This will lead to higher quality and volumes of recovered materials to be reprocessed into feedstock, and producers will be incentivised to make packaging more reusable, recoverable, and recyclable, leading to wider availability of recycled material supply.

Other implications for recycling companies and MRFs specifically include greater scrutiny of sorting operations, increased audits of incoming and outgoing materials, higher performance and quality standards on existing sorting processes, and the sorting and processing of new types of packaging or materials that will be produced and prioritised following a full roll-out of these new laws aimed at sustainability.

What solutions should they implement now to accommodate the increased audits and visibility into their processes in 12 months' time?

Packaging producers and recycling companies need to modernise their operation processes to be able to easily accommodate the greater visibility and adaptability that will be required under EPR laws. If not, they may run the risk of some fines and/or a lacklustre reputation in the industry. Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and other technologies are available today to help meet new standards.

AI solutions can be deployed throughout a recycling facility to identify and capture more granular data on what materials are coming in, being recovered, and being sent to landfill. EverestLabs’ AI infrastructure, for example, is designed to adapt to new material and packaging types subject to EPR programmes within days to weeks of observing the new object type. This enables our AI to distribute the knowledge of that object to all other facilities once it becomes aware so that different facilities can learn from one another and make a larger impact. This data can serve as the basis for EPR-driven audits in a continuous fashion with visibility for all stakeholders including recyclers, producers and non-profit or government agencies. This same data can also be used to improve recycling operations that target specific packaging.

Robotic solutions can immediately improve the recovery of a recyclable object from existing sorting facilities without huge retrofits or new builds. This presents MRFs with an opportunity to meet the higher standards that they will encounter. Robots can be placed in existing conveyors and sorting stations to augment the current sorting processes to deliver higher recovery rates. Additionally, AI-driven robotics is the only solution today that can evolve with improved packaging designs and recovery processes.

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The United States has introduced EPR legislation for packaging in eleven states, with more programs expected to start within the next 12 months.

The Waikato District Council has established a kerbside recycling sorting centre to improve recycling efforts and efficiently transport glass to Auckland for recycling.

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The Waikato District Council has upped its recycling game with a new, fit-for-purpose kerbside recycling sorting centre in Huntly.

The new centre, which received a $20,000 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum to assist with glass storage, replaces the old facility which was open to the elements and had an unsealed road which led to contamination.

Waikato District Council Solid Waste Team Leader Phillip Ellis says the new centre has a dedicated glass handling and storage section inside the building being leased. "They will store colour-sorted glass securely, out of the weather, separate to other recyclables. This will reduce contamination of the glass and other recyclables, improve health and safety, and increase storage capacity," he says.

The greater storage capacity means transporting glass to Auckland to be recycled is more efficient, Phillip says.

The old site, he says, saw glass stored in concrete bunkers, which were not fit for purpose, with the unsealed road leading to contamination which resulted in some glass becoming unsuitable for recycling.

The council collects around 1,600 tonnes of glass a year for recycling through its kerbside service. It uses the best practice method of collecting glass separately to other recyclables and colour-sorting it.

"Being so close to the recycling plant in Auckland means this glass has a low carbon footprint to transport and losing any of it to landfill or alternative uses is a real waste," says Glass Packaging Forum Scheme Manager Dominic Salmon. "We commend the council for taking steps to improve its kerbside infrastructure."

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The centre has a dedicated glass handling section and the council collects glass separately, colour-sorting it to reduce contamination and improve health and safety.

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The Waikato District Council has upped its recycling game with a new, fit-for-purpose kerbside recycling sorting centre in Huntly.

The new centre, which received a $20,000 grant from the Glass Packaging Forum to assist with glass storage, replaces the old facility which was open to the elements and had an unsealed road which led to contamination.

Waikato District Council Solid Waste Team Leader Phillip Ellis says the new centre has a dedicated glass handling and storage section inside the building being leased. "They will store colour-sorted glass securely, out of the weather, separate to other recyclables. This will reduce contamination of the glass and other recyclables, improve health and safety, and increase storage capacity," he says.

The greater storage capacity means transporting glass to Auckland to be recycled is more efficient, Phillip says.

The old site, he says, saw glass stored in concrete bunkers, which were not fit for purpose, with the unsealed road leading to contamination which resulted in some glass becoming unsuitable for recycling.

The council collects around 1,600 tonnes of glass a year for recycling through its kerbside service. It uses the best practice method of collecting glass separately to other recyclables and colour-sorting it.

"Being so close to the recycling plant in Auckland means this glass has a low carbon footprint to transport and losing any of it to landfill or alternative uses is a real waste," says Glass Packaging Forum Scheme Manager Dominic Salmon. "We commend the council for taking steps to improve its kerbside infrastructure."

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In China's Yellow River Basin, the government is improving urban sewage and waste treatment through system construction and governance reforms.

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"Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" Yellow River Basin Town Sewage Waste Treatment So Dry
August 29, 2021 05: 36 | Source: Guangming Daily
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The Yellow River Basin is an important economic zone and ecological barrier in China and plays an important strategic role in China's economic and social development and ecological security.
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Urban Sewage Waste Treatment in the Yellow River Basin in the 14th Five-Year Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").
What is the status of sewage disposal in cities and towns in the Yellow River Basin? What will be done during the 14th Five-Year Plan period? The reporter interviewed about the relevant issues.
Improve the level of operation and management
"The Yellow River should be treated with protection," said a person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, nine provinces (autonomous regions) along the Yellow River continued to increase investment in urban environmental infrastructure construction, and urban sewage collection and treatment capacity was gradually improved.
At the same time, there is still a problem of insufficient development and imbalance in the treatment of urban sewage and garbage in the Yellow River Basin, the shortage of facilities is prominent, the level of resource utilization is not high, the operation and maintenance capacity is not strong, the mechanism system is not perfect, and there is still a certain gap with the requirements of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.
"The Yellow River Basin has a deep environmental pollution accumulation, and the overall water quality is worse than the national average," said Gong Daoxiao, director of the Water Affairs Institute of China Urban Planning and Design Research Institute.
In this regard, the "Plan" proposes to speed up the filling of the shortcomings and weaknesses of urban sewage and waste treatment facilities, improve the level of operation and management, effectively improve the performance of pollutant reduction, promote the utilization of resources, meet the people's growing needs for a better life and a beautiful ecological environment, and promote ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.
"Construction and management", improve sewage and waste treatment capacity
The "Plan" is clear that by 2025, urban built-up areas will basically eliminate the gap in domestic sewage discharge and collection and treatment facilities, and the centralized collection rate of urban domestic sewage will reach more than 70%; the sewage treatment rate of county towns will reach more than 95%, and the sewage treatment capacity of built-up towns will be significantly improved.
By 2025, the domestic waste classification and treatment capacity of 10 cities in Taiyuan, Hohhot, Jinan, Taian, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Xianyang, Lanzhou, Xining and Yinchuan will be further improved; prefecture-level cities will basically build domestic waste classification, collection, transportation and treatment systems.
The person in charge said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to adhere to the principle of scientific planning, overall promotion, adapt to local conditions, make up for shortcomings, save energy, low-carbon, green cycle, and the principle of government-led and pluralistic governance, and systematically promote the construction of urban sewage and waste treatment facilities.
In improving the capacity of urban sewage collection and treatment, it is necessary to fill the short board of the sewage collection pipe network, promote the full coverage of the sewage pipe network; promote sewage treatment by classification, increase the sewage treatment capacity of about 3.5 million cubic meters / day; promote the harmless treatment of sludge, and add about 0.35 million tons / day of harmless treatment facilities.
In addition, in terms of improving the urban waste treatment system, it is necessary to improve the garbage classification and collection system, promote the classification and collection of domestic waste, and add a new domestic waste classification and collection capacity of about 18,000 tons / day; fill the gap in domestic waste treatment capacity, add a new domestic waste incineration capacity of about 28,000 tons / day, add a new kitchen waste treatment capacity of about 80,000 tons / day, and transform the stock of domestic waste treatment facilities of not less than 70.
"During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, urban sewage and waste treatment in the Yellow River Basin was implemented with equal emphasis on construction and management, aiming to promote the high-quality construction of facilities and high-level operation and maintenance."
At the same time, the implementation of professional operation and maintenance, encourage the selection of operation and maintenance subjects through market-oriented competition; innovate operation and management methods, encourage the integration of projects of different scales and different profit levels and award franchises, and promote third-party governance of environmental pollution.
Hu Hongying, a professor at the School of Environment of Tsinghua University, believes that the sewage treatment of the construction town should be promoted in a sequential and steady manner, and the planning and construction of facilities should be promoted with the guidance of resource utilization.
According to the principle of "according to demand and according to capacity", determine the process route and construction scale, avoid the problems of excess sewage treatment design capacity and low operating load, ensure the sustainable operation of sewage treatment facilities, and improve the operation efficiency of sewage plants.
According to Gong Daoxiao, the Yellow River ecosystem is an organic whole.
Urban sewage and waste treatment should fully consider the differences between the upper and lower reaches, adhere to the local conditions, classification of policies; at the same time, we should also focus on the integrity, relevance and system of the river basin, and overall promote urban sewage and waste treatment.
Reduce pollution and reduce carbon, improve the level of resource utilization
The "Program" requires to strengthen the use of resources, to promote the recycling of sewage, carry out pilot demonstration, new construction, reconstruction and expansion of recycled water production capacity of about 3 million cubic meters / day; do a good job of sludge reduction, stabilization, harmless, and steadily promote the recycling of sludge; strengthen the recycling of domestic waste, and build 50 new domestic waste recycling projects.
Hu Hongying suggested that to improve the level of sewage resource utilization, through the upgrading of the existing sewage treatment plant, the recycled water that meets the relevant standards will be used for ecological water replenishment, industrial utilization and municipal miscellaneous purposes; the rational layout of distributed sewage treatment and recycling facilities, the implementation of quality water supply, point-to-point water supply.
Promote the transformation of sewage treatment plants from "single function" to "dual function" of sewage treatment and water supply, and ensure that sewage treatment plants obtain reasonable "water supply economic benefits" through flexible mechanisms such as government purchase of ecological water supply services and market pricing of recycled water.
"The use of sewage resources is a systematic project, and it needs to be planned and coordinated." Hu Hongying said that the pilot demonstration should be used as an opportunity to promote the planning and construction of regional recycled water recycling systems. The system mechanism and sustainable mode of sewage resource utilization are suitable for the stage.
In addition, Gong said, the Yellow River Basin is an important energy base in China.
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, we should promote synergies between pollution reduction and carbon reduction, reduce energy consumption, reduce environmental impact, and help achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.
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The plan aims to add 3.5 million cubic meters/day of sewage treatment, 0.35 million tons/day of sludge treatment, 18,000 tons/day of waste collection, and 28,000 tons/day of waste incineration capacity.

Russia has abolished VAT for recyclable deliveries to boost waste sorting and recycling businesses.

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The head of the municipal district of the Tver city of Moscow said that additional tasks are required to solve the “garbage problem ”
Moscow, September 27.
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The abolition of value-added tax (VAT) for the delivery of recyclables and separate garbage collection discussed in the government will stimulate the development of private initiative in this area.
This opinion was expressed by the experts and entrepreneurs interviewed by TASS.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Victoria Abramchenko previously supported the project of the Ministry of Natural Resources to abolish VAT for those who are engaged in separate collection of garbage and hand over plastic, waste paper, glass and rubber crumbs.
The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia should prepare appropriate amendments to the legislation before September 28, the Izvestia newspaper reported, citing the minutes of the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister.
Promising business
“It is necessary to stimulate the processing of recyclable materials, this will be a very good incentive to develop relevant projects.
And they actually do.
Recycling of raw materials is a very promising business.
What seems important now in this direction: we need to try to start these projects under the requirements of decarbonization, if you dig through science, we are sure that there are prospects for this, ” said Anton Sviridenko, head of the expert center under the presidential commissioner for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs.
According to him, it is technically possible to organize a separate collection of garbage.
“Garbage sorting should start in houses and apartments, there should be less payment for sorted garbage, in apartments it is necessary to stimulate the installation of garbage containers with the possibility of sorting.
Next is the infrastructure on the streets and the infrastructure for receiving and further sorting.
So far in Russia there is none of this and 5%, ” he said.
Igor Blum, general director of the ComEk waste processing complex, chairman of the Tambov regional branch of the Party of Growth, is also convinced that the abolition of VAT for the delivery of secondary raw materials will give impetus to the development of private initiative in this area.
“This is a very correct initiative, which, among other things, will work to popularize the use of secondary resources.
But this innovation does not negate the need to organize a full-fledged system of separate collection of municipal waste.
Because when we talk about the delivery of recyclables, we understand that with modern volumes of garbage and attitude to it, we are talking only about a certain proportion of waste.
Dual collection of waste, when the site will be containers for "clean" and "dirty" garbage, it is necessary to introduce now in order to gradually move to recycling and reduce the number of landfills and landfills, "he said.
New challenges
The head of the municipal district of the Tver city of Moscow, Yakov Yakubovich, told TASS that the abolition of VAT for garbage processors is “a good step to stimulate investment activity in this area. ”
However, in his opinion, additional tasks are required to solve the “garbage problem ”.
“The problem of infrastructure development for waste processing (recycling) is complex, and it should be solved in several directions.
This includes planning efficient logistics in order to minimize costs and carbon footprint.
This is also a cultural aspect: while citizens are not ready to fully make efforts to separate fractions of household waste.
Finally, this is the economic aspect associated with investment and operating costs for the launch of processing plants, "the source said.
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China will implement a domestic waste charging system and accelerate waste incineration facility construction in urban areas with over 300 tons of daily waste during the 14th Five-Year Plan.

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The global robotic waste sorting market is projected to reach US$ 3.4 billion by 2034, driven by the need for efficiency and adoption of advanced technologies.

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The rise in the need for efficiency and accuracy in waste sorting, coupled with the increased application of robotic arms in waste management facilities, is significantly boosting the value of the robotic waste sorting market.

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Transparency Market Research, Inc. , July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global robotic waste sorting market (Markt für Roboter-Abfallsortierung ) stood at US$ 2.3 billion in 2023, and the global market is projected to reach US$ 3.4 billion in 2034. The robotic waste sorting market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 3.8% between 2024 and 2034.

The robotic waste sorting market is experiencing significant growth driven by the increasing demand for efficiency and accuracy in waste management processes. As urbanization and population growth lead to higher volumes of waste, there is a growing need for advanced technologies to handle and process waste more effectively. Robotic waste sorting systems are emerging as a key solution to address these challenges by improving sorting precision and operational efficiency.

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One of the primary factors driving the market is the need for enhanced efficiency in waste sorting. Traditional manual sorting methods are labor-intensive and often prone to errors, leading to inefficiencies and increased operational costs. Robotic systems, equipped with advanced technologies, offer a more efficient alternative by automating the sorting process. This not only speeds up operations but also reduces the reliance on human labor, minimizing the risk of injury and ensuring consistent performance.

The application of robotic arms in waste management facilities has become increasingly prevalent. These robotic arms, integrated with sophisticated sensors and artificial intelligence (AI), are capable of handling a wide variety of waste materials, including plastics, metals, and paper. The use of these robotic systems allows for accurate sorting and separation of materials, which is crucial for recycling and waste reduction efforts.

Autonomous waste sorting systems are at the forefront of this market. These systems employ computer vision and deep machine learning algorithms to detect and classify different types of waste materials. Computer vision systems capture images of waste items, while deep learning models analyze these images to identify and sort materials with high precision. This technology not only enhances sorting accuracy but also adapts to evolving waste streams and varying material types.

Robotic Waste Sorting Market: Key Players

  • ABB
  • AMP
  • Bollegraaf
  • CleanRobotics
  • EverestLabs Inc.
  • General Kinematics Corporation
  • Greyparrot
  • Machinex Industries Inc.
  • NIHOT
  • Pellenc ST
  • Recycleye
  • TOMRA Systems ASA
  • Waste Robotics Inc.
  • Zen Robotics Oy

Robotic Waste Sorting Market: Key Developments

  • In 2023, General Kinematics Corporation introduced an advanced robotic sorting system featuring improved sensor technology and AI integration. This system enhances the precision of waste separation by using high-resolution sensors and machine learning algorithms to better identify and sort different types of recyclable materials, leading to increased efficiency and accuracy in recycling facilities.
  • In 2023, Greyparrot launched a new AI-powered waste sorting solution that leverages deep learning and computer vision to optimize waste processing. This system provides real-time data analytics and automated sorting capabilities, allowing waste management facilities to better track and categorize materials, improve recycling rates, and reduce contamination in the waste stream.

Key Takeaways of Market Report

  • Global robotic waste sorting market to generate absolute dollar opportunity worth US$ 8.9 billion until 2034.
  • Global robotic waste sorting market is valued at US$ 5.6 billion in 2023.
  • Asia Pacific is forecasted to hold the largest share in 2023.

Robotic Waste Sorting Market: Growth Drivers

  • Robotic waste sorting represents an innovative approach that enhances recycling facilities by integrating advanced technologies. Robots equipped with sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and sophisticated robotic arms are capable of recognizing, selecting, and sorting various elements within the waste stream. These technologies enable precise identification and separation of different waste materials, improving recycling efficiency and accuracy.
  • Advanced robotic arms autonomously manage waste sorting processes. They first determine the category of each waste item and then pick it accordingly. After sorting, the robotic arms place the waste in its designated location.
  • This automation streamlines the sorting process, reduces manual labor, and ensures efficient handling of diverse waste materials, contributing to more effective waste management and recycling operations.

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Robotic Waste Sorting Market: Regional Landscape

  • In 2023, Europe held the largest share of the global robotic waste sorting market. A key factor driving this dominance is the increasing scarcity of labor willing to work in hazardous and physically demanding environments, such as waste sorting facilities. The adoption of robotic systems in these facilities helps address labor shortages by automating the sorting process, improving efficiency, and ensuring safer working conditions.
  • Asia Pacific also experienced notable market growth in 2023. The surge in urbanization and the rising use of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), in waste management facilities are major contributors to this progress. These technologies enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of robotic waste sorting systems, driving market expansion in the region as cities seek innovative solutions to manage growing waste volumes.

Robotic Waste Sorting Market: Segmentation

Offering

  • Hardware
  • Robotic Arm
  • Gripper
  • AI-vision System
  • Conveyor System
  • Others
  • Software
  • Solution

Sorting Material

  • Plastic Waste
  • Paper Waste
  • Metal Waste
  • Food Waste
  • E-waste

Application

  • Waste Recovery
  • Waste Recycling

End User

  • Residential
  • Municipal
  • Commercial
  • Industrial

Region

  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Middle East & Africa

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Robotic waste sorting systems improve recycling efficiency and accuracy by precisely identifying and separating waste materials, reducing manual labor.