With China’s rapid economic growth and rising living standards, municipal solid waste has become a significant concern for Chinese cities that saw substantial increase in solid waste generation rates.

Household waste constitutes 30–40% of municipal solid waste globally. Separating waste at the household level into compostable, recyclable, and non-recyclable is a crucial first step for local ...

NAGPUR: Although the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) professes to be taking various measures to reduce solid waste, two of its machines used for waste separation and composting have been out of ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling programs are highly localized activities, where materials are collected, sorted, processed, and converted into raw materials for the production of new products.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 31, 2013 – Today the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of US$80 million to the People’s Republic of China to help improve municipal solid waste management ...

Porvorim: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has has picked several holes in the management of solid waste by ...