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European Support for Cheaper and Cleaner Heat and Power in Lithuania
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 190 million loan agreement with Lietuvos Energija for the greenfield construction of new combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plant in Vilnius. The project is expected to...
Carbon Trust Launches Zero Waste to Landfill Certification
The Carbon Trust has launched a new Zero Waste to Landfill standard to recognise companies working to reduce their environmental impact by diverting waste streams away from landfill.
The certification, which the Carbon...
Costa Coffee Launches In-Store Cup Recycling Scheme
The UK’s largest coffee chain Costa Coffee is to launch a recycling scheme in all of its stores to ensure that as many as possible of its own takeaway cups – and...
Ford Achieves Zero Waste to Landfill at its Largest & Most Complex Center Yet
Michigan based automaker, Ford, has achieved zero waste to landfill at its historic Rouge Center in Dearborn after two years of planning. Michigan based automaker, Ford, has achieved zero waste to landfill...
Ministers Reject Calls for Charge on UK’s Disposable Coffee Cups
Ministers have rejected calls for a charge on the 2.5bn disposable coffee cups thrown away each year because they believe coffee shop chains are already taking enough action to cut down waste.
Therese...
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Launches Circular Cities Network
On 6 October the Ellen MacArthur Foundation hosts the launch event of its Circular Cities Network, a global network of city leaders who are pioneering the application of circular economy approaches to...
UK’s Billions of Takeaway Cups Could Each Take ’30 Years’ to Break Down
Coffee-addicted Britain is leaving a mountain of toxic waste for the next generation as scientists warn it could take decades for paper cups from Starbucks, Pret a Manger and other chains to...
Global dumpsite hazards led to 750 deaths in 7 months
This week at the 2016 ISWA World Congress in Novi Sad, Serbia ISWA announced the publication of its latest report, A Roadmap for the Closure of Waste Dumpsites. This roadmap will shape...
Roadmap to Close World’s Biggest Dumpsites Unveiled at ISWA Congress 2016
The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) has presented a roadmap for closing the world’s biggest waste dumpsites yesterday at the start if its annual Congress in Novi Sad, Serbia.
As a measure to...
New International Solid Waste Association President Inaugurated
At the ISWA Congress 2016 in Novi Sad, Serbia Antonis Mavropoulos was formally elected and inaugurated as the new President of the International Solid Waste Association.
A Chemical Engineer by profession, Antonis has...
Côte d’Ivoire: 10 years on, survivors of toxic waste dumping ‘remain in the dark,’ say UN rights experts
Speaking ahead of the 10th anniversary of the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire, a group of United Nations experts today urged the Ivorian Government, all responsible States and the...
Lower oil prices affect global growth of mining industry, says UNIDO report
Global production growth from mining activities remained low in 2015 and was significantly affected by lower crude oil prices, and the combined production of mining and utilities rose a mere 1.0 per...
Heineken Launches Interactive Sustainability Report
Heineken has released a new sustainability report, and also an interactive experience that not only promotes the company's achievements, but also encourages the visitor to go further. Called Brewing a Better World,...
We Are Developing on the Basis of Maximum Optimization of our Processes
The basis of socially responsible functioning of each company is the fact that it becomes aware of the importance and necessity of its own impact on improving general social conditions and the...
San Francisco Just Took a Huge Step Towards Becoming a Zero-Waste City
Back in 2002, San Francisco adopted a “Zero-Waste” scheme. The scheme hopes to make San Francisco the first city of its size to achieve zero waste by 2020. They’ve made some pretty...
700,000 solar panels have been installed on our facilities so far
The Prime Ministers of Sweden and Serbia confirmed that IKEA will invest 300 million euros in Serbia by the end of the year at the World Economic Forum in Davos during January....
