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Mondelez Philippines: Snack Giant Partners With the Plastic Flamingo to Recycle Waste Into Eco-Bricks
Snack Food company Mondelez Philippines recently announced that it would “substantially” invest in plastic waste management and has teamed up with social enterprise The Plastic Flamingo to recycle waste into eco-bricks.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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Kenyan Recycles Plastic Waste Into Bricks Stronger Than Concrete
“Our product is almost five to seven times stronger than concrete,” said Matee, the founder of Nairobi-based Gjenge Makers, which transforms plastic waste into durable building materials.
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Sanitation and Wastewater Management Benchmark Tool in Africa
Africa must invest in innovative sanitation and wastewater management to achieve development goals – report
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- Technology, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rising From the Ashes to Figure Out the Business of Dry Waste
Ahmedabad-based Nepra handles more than 500 tonnes of dry waste a day, making it the largest player in this space. It is also the highest funded waste management startup in India, with over $36 million in funding, according to data from Tracxn
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- Environment
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- Asia Pacific
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New Mobile App to Reduce Food Waste Among Winners of $10 Million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge
Today, data.org announced the eight global winners of the $10 million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge, which aims to address major societal challenges through computer and data science. Among the winners is a project by BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy) and Empa that aims to give smallholder farmers in India access to sustainable cooling facilities through a mobile app to reduce food waste.
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- Uncategorized
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- South Asia
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- smallholder farmers, waste
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Taking Cold Chains Off-Grid: How Solar Powered Cold Rooms Could Dramatically Reduce Food Waste in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, up to 50% of produce perishes before reaching end customers, largely due to a lack of viable cold chain solutions. Maria Knodt at Energy 4 Impact and Ruth Kimani at CLASP explore how solar-powered cold rooms can address this issue, and highlight some significant technical and business model challenges that could undermine their impact.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Energy, Finance, Investing, Technology, Transportation
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Press Release: Bestseller Foundation in Collaboration With Intellecap Africa Launches the First of Its Kind Accelerator for Waste Value Enterprises
Based on the aspiration to support enterprises and build the waste sector in East Africa, BESTSELLER FOUNDATION in collaboration with Intellecap Africa launched the Waste to Value Challenge in December 2019.
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- Coronavirus, Investing, WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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From Marine Waste To Fashion: A Journey of Flip-Flops and Trash Heroes From Thailand’s Far South
It was a journey that began five years ago on the islands of Satun, with 100,000 flip-flops and sandals that had been spat out by the sea and washed ashore.
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- Environment
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- South Asia