Tsunamis and earthquakes pose devastating threats to coastal communities worldwide. However, beyond the immediate destructive power of these events, the negative impact of the disaster waste they ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

As Mongolian consumption increases, the capital, and its municipalities need a working mechanism to manage the growing amount of waste. Mongolia’s waste sector is in dire need of not only policy ...

Rapid urbanization and increased waste generation in Addis Ababa is making it even harder for the city to provide safe and sustainable solid waste management. Tokyo Development Learning Center is ...

Nairobi’s current waste disposal system is fraught with major problems. EPA/Dai Kurokawa Uncollected solid waste is one of Nairobi’s most visible environmental problems. Many parts of the city, ...

The waste is moved by a conveyor belt to a larger machine, where it is separated into organic and plastic materials through a rapid spinning ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

The global economy still largely follows a simple pattern: extract natural resources, manufacture products, use them and then throw them away. This “take, make, dispose” model has driven economic ...

The Project Director of Zoomlion Kenya, Dr Peter Dagadu, has announced that the company is making significant progress barely a month after commencing operations in Nairobi under the city's integrated ...