Tag: zero waste

Getting to zero: the Japan town trying to recycle all its waste

by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse Kamikatsu, Japan (AFP) — Plastic, paper, metal? In Japan’s Kamikatsu, sorting rubbish isn’t that simple. Residents face a mind-boggling 45 separate categories for their garbage as the town aims to be “zero-waste” by 2020. And that’s not all: there isn’t even trash collection. The 1,500 residents of the town in western Japan have to transport their waste themselves to a local facility. “Yes, it’s complicated,” said Naoko Yokoyama, a […]

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Target na zero waste sa bansa, matatamo kung magtutulungan ang lahat – environmental groups

(Eagle News) — Malaki umano ang tsansa na matamo ng Pilipinas ang target na zero waste. Iyan ay kung kikilos ang local government units, mga korporasyon at maging ang  pamahalaan sa pagpapatupad ng total ban sa single-use plastic sa lahat ng lungsod sa Pilipinas. Sa isinagawang “Zero Waste Cities Forum” ng Global Alliance For Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) at Mother Earth Foundation ay hinikayat ang mga opisyal ng iba’t ibang local government unit sa bansa na […]

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Nueva Vizcaya towns ink pact on zero waste program

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (PIA) – Six towns here recently pledged their support for the implementation of the Zero Waste Program (ZWP) in their communities. The towns of Alfonso Castaneda, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Quezon, Kayapa and Kasibu signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the provincial government during the recent celebration of the Zero Waste Month in the province. Forester Delia Agunoy, SWMP coordinator, said the provincial government’s Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) […]

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