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City 7 years ago

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South Tangerang advances with multi-benefit waste demolisher

“The machine can destroy trash, and it only produces little pollution in the form of low particle smoke,” the facility owner, Fatahillah Karim told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.

Environment 7 years ago

Eternally stinky city? Rome garbage crisis sparks health fears

Landfills in flames and rats feasting on waste in the streets have sparked health fears in Rome, as doctors warn families to steer clear of disease-ridden curbside garbage and locals launch a disgusting dumpster contest online.

City 7 years ago

Bekasi to protest Jakarta over leachate from dump trucks

Bekasi plans to send a protest letter to the Jakarta administration in the hope that it will fix its garbage trucks.

Environment 7 years ago

Four bodies and ten tons of rubbish collected from Everest

Four bodies have been retrieved from Everest and some ten tonnes of garbage plucked from the mountain at the end of this year's climbing season, Nepal authorities said Monday.

SE Asia 7 years ago

Philippines' Duterte orders garbage shipped back to Canada

Last week Manila recalled its ambassador from Ottawa because Canada missed a May 15 deadline to repatriate the garbage.

News 7 years ago

2 tons of garbage, dumped 30 years ago, found on Jeju Island

A heap of trash believed to have been dumped more than 30 years ago was found near Hallasan National Park on Jeju Island.

Environment 7 years ago

Trash found littering ocean floor in deepest-ever sub dive

On the deepest dive ever made by a human inside a submarine, a Texas investor and explorer found something he could have found in the gutter of nearly any street in the world: trash.

SE Asia 7 years ago

Duterte says to sail garbage back to Canada

Manila has filed several diplomatic protests with Canada over tons of waste shipped to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014. Canada has said the shipment was a commercial transaction and was not backed by its government.