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San Franciscos Continues Efforts to Become a Zero Waste City by 2020

2016-07-01 15:13:00| Waste Age

Recology, San Franciscos waste and recycling provider, is paving the way for the future of the city by diverting 80 percent of the citys waste from landfill. read more

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Scaling up efforts for a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic

2016-06-30 10:56:00| Ship Technology

Earlier this year, a group of NGOs called for the phase out of heavy fuel oil used in ships navigating into Arctic waters. But despite the fuels known threats to the Arctic environment, the EU stopped short of pushing for a ban on what is considered

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Shortage of safe land blocks Sri Lanka disaster relocation efforts

2016-06-28 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Every time the wind picks up in the night, the Karunadasas get the shivers. The couple has been living in this remote village in the western foothills of Sri Lankas central mountains for over five decades. But since May, when a massive landslide hit another mountain slope 15 kilometers away, they have struggled to sleep at night. The landslide, which followed relentless rainfall, buried 130 people in the Egalpitiya area. But the Karunadasas village may have been on the verge of slipping as...

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Minn. Companies Turn to Circular Economy Concept to Reduce Waste, Increase Recycling Efforts

2016-06-27 16:40:00| Waste Age

In Minnesota, companies have created a new group called the Minnesota Sustainable Growth Coalition, which is made up of members who identify solutions that no individual company could pursue and achieve on its own. read more

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