Waste And Recycling - Environmental Problems and Protection

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Durga Mukherjee remembers the first time she climbed to the top of New Delhi's largest and oldest landfill, joining the dogs, cows and crows there to begin her life as a waste picker."I vomited so much," the 40-year-old ...

Trash hauler finds spike in participation among single-bin customersRecycling isn't popular in Southern Nevada, or so the numbers seem to show. Just 3 percent of Republic Services' customers recycle their plastics, cans and paper, according to the trash hauler.But some Southern Nevadans ...

Local authorities in England will receive funding to switch back from fortnightly to weekly rubbish collections, the government announced on Friday.A £250 million scheme starting April will support councils which pledge to reinstate or retain weekly waste collections for at least five ...

For years, residential waste in Henderson has been handled the same way. Trash is picked up twice a week. Recycling gets sorted into paper, plastic, glass and cans, and is picked up every other week.That could all change if a pilot program ...

The European Commission warned Italy on Tuesday that it risks fines unless it improves waste collection in Naples where thousands of tons of garbage have built up in recent days.Exasperated residents have taken to setting alight mounds of rubbish in the southern ...

Using ropes but no brooms, four rock-climbing garbage collectors are tasked with removing tonnes of trash dumped down hillsides by residents of Rio's famed favelas.Donning helmets, harnesses, gloves and climbing goggles, these trashmen can dangle up to 80 meters (260 feet) in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The world would not have to dig so much metal out of the ground if it strongly embraced recycling, which could be higher, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Thursday.Smarter product designs and support for developing country waste ...

Firefighters in Naples struggled to put out dozens of piles of rubbish set ablaze overnight on Tuesday as Italian soldiers began cleaning up an estimated 3,000 tons of waste on the streets.Troops from the Garibaldi brigade began cleaning in the Gianturco neighbourhood, ...

Italian soldiers on Monday arrived in Naples to start clearing garbage in a city infested with some 4,100 tons of waste now emitting a putrid odour following a seasonal rise in temperatures.Last week, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to send troops to ...

Cyber-environmentalists from Cambodia to Brazil are using Google Earth-based software to target and banish trash from the countryside as they gear up for World Cleanup 2012, event organisers said Friday."Preparations for World Cleanup 2012 that were launched in February are being lead ...

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Topic: Waste And Recycling

India's waste pickers brave landfills to live

If they sort it, we'll recycle it

Weekly bin collections to return with £250mn fund

RECYCYLING TEST SO FAR, SO GOOD IN HENDERSON

Brussels threatens fines over Naples waste

Rock-climbing garbage collectors clean Rio hills

U.N. calls for much more metals recycling

Naples battles to put out waste fires

Italian soldiers start clearing Naples garbage

Cyber-guided clean-up hopes to sweep globe

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