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Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea

Experts decry ‘funny math’ of plastics industry’s ‘advanced recycling’ claims

Weak waste management leaves Dhaka communities at risk from landfill sites

Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’

Three-fourths of waste in Jakarta’s notoriously polluted rivers is plastic

Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for August 2022

Tropical mammals under rising chemical pollution pressure, study warns

For Sri Lanka’s crows, following the trash is all part of the hustle

Chemical recycling: ‘Green’ plastics solution makes more pollution, says report

Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon

The world says yes to a cradle to grave plastics treaty: Now the work begins

Microplastics plus organic pollutants equals 10 times the toxicity, study finds

Caffeine: Emerging contaminant of global rivers and coastal waters

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands

Tiny plastic particles accumulating in river headwaters: Study

As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty

South Africa authorizes dumping at sea of cargo that turned volatile

Innovative sewage solutions: Tackling the global human waste problem

The thick of it: Delving into the neglected global impacts of human waste

Despite deals, plans and bans, the Mediterranean is awash in plastic

Mycoremediation brings the fungi to waste disposal and ecosystem restoration

Plant-based face masks? This young Philippine inventor has you covered

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

Fully recyclable paper cups? They exist, but you won’t find them at Starbucks

Playing the long game: ExxonMobil gambles on algae biofuel

Biofuel in Mexico: Uphill battle against bureaucracy, organized crime

Converting biowaste to biogas could power cleaner, sustainable Earth future

A startup deploys black soldier flies in the Philippines’ war on waste

After two collapses, a third Vale dam at ‘imminent risk of rupture’

‘Opening the lid’ on toilet innovation: Q&A with author Chelsea Wald

Palm oil waste is latest item declared non-hazardous by Indonesia

Mining sites in Indonesia’s disaster-prone areas a ticking time bomb: Report

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