— There are large amounts of solid wastes in the world, including plastics, tires, food, animal manure, woody biomass, and their mixtures. Among these solid wastes, plastic receives a great and increasing emphasis because of its production scale and environmental impact [1].Plastics are commonly used for packaging because of their …

 — Another Zero Waster is Florencia Cruz, who launched the Plastic Free (Libre de Plástico) project selling various cloth, bamboo and stainless steel accessories. She admits she has a "low waste" life "because it is impossible to get certain things without plastic. The "zero waste" ideal is quite utopian, and difficult to attain.

 — U.S. plastic waste exports, which are included in recycling rates, decreased from 1.84 million tons in 2017 to 0.61 million tons in 2021 as countries such as China began ceasing to accept America ...

 — Consequently, garbage/waste problems have been alleviated in the small town (3). Remember that dumped plastic waste falls into our debt. References 1. Dame Ellen MacArthur, "Beyond plastic waste", Science, 17 Nov 2017: Vol. 358, Issue 6365, pp. 843 2. Robert W. Roeser, et al.,

 — Plastic waste generation and treatment Humans currently produce more than 350 million metric tons of plastic waste per year.Without changes to current policies, global plastic waste generation is ...

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 — Hazardous Waste Management Law (Law No. 24,051): Enacted in 1992, this law establishes the legal framework for the management of hazardous waste in Argentina. It regulates the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and aims to prevent environmental pollution and minimize risks to …

 — In line with the explosive growth of the plastic industry, a humungous amount of plastic waste is generated all over the world, with the top 10 countries producing the most plastic waste per capita in descending order are the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, Argentina, Russia, Italy, and Brazil (Fig. 1), …

 — "Vamos incentivando las prácticas de reciclaje hasta que se transforme en un hábito, pero principalmente queremos que tomen conciencia para reducir el consumo …

Statement of Denouncement and Repudiation of the Police Repression Exercised by the Argentine Government against FACCyR (06/2024) The International Alliance of Waste Pickers supports FACCyR on the General Strike Jan-24th (01/2024) FACCyR presented at ILO (12/2021) Waste pickers join forces to fight climate crisis in Argentina (12/2021) …

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 — Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world's ability to deal with them. Plastic pollution is most visible in less-wealthy Asian and African nations, where garbage collection systems are often inefficient or nonexistent. But …

 — This year's World Environment Day – the fiftieth iteration of the annual celebration of the planet – is focusing on the plastic pollution crisis. The reason? Humanity produces more than 430 million tonnes of plastic annually, two-thirds of which are short-lived products that soon become waste, filling the ocean and, often, working their way …

 — 38 03 - UOC de la Intendencia Naval Puerto Belgrano - Armada Argentina Argentina has Released a tender for Acquisition Of Plastic And Metal Waste Containers (Bnpb). in Machinery and Equipments. The tender was released on Sep 28, 2024. Country - Argentina. Summary - Acquisition Of Plastic And Metal Waste Containers (Bnpb). …

 — And this success has led to the generation of a vast quantity of plastic waste over the past 60 years, as shown in the graph below. More than 300 million tons of plastic waste was generated in 2015 Image: UN Environment. Now however, concerted action is being taken to reverse that trend. More than 50 nations – from the Galapagos Islands to ...

 — On the side, the city of Cordoba closed 51 small-scale open dumps, and Mendoza has started to build a new landfill and waste transfer stations in the east of the city. "These initiatives contribute to both the …

 — Analysing municipal solid waste (MSW) management scenarios is relevant for planning future policies and actions toward a circular economy. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is appropriate for evaluating technologies of MSW treatment and their environmental impacts. However, in developing countries, advanced assessments are difficult to …

 — Here are 15 ways that you can reduce your plastic waste. — Facts About Plastic Waste. Every year, 500 billion plastic bottles are produced globally; There is more than 150 million tons of plastic waste in the ocean; By 2050, ocean plastics will likely overtake the amount of fish; In 2020, we generated more than 500 million tons of of …

Every year, the safety and health of the residents in Buenos Aires are endangered due to discharge of 90,000 tons of pollutants, the weight of approximately 15 elephants, into local rivers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, drastically degrading water quality.. As the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires is one of South America's most populated cities with a …

 — Each person living in the EU generated 36.1 kilos of plastic packaging waste on average in 2021. The volume of plastic packaging waste generated per inhabitant increased by about 29% (+8.1 kilos per person) between 2010 and 2021.

11 Mar 2021 --- In circular economy strides, Amcor is partnering with non-profit McKinsey.org on its Rethinking Recycling program in Argentina. The initiative is entering …

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into aquatic ecosystems, polluting lakes, rivers and seas. Plastic pollution can alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems' ability to …

India generates 15 million tonnes of plastic waste every year but only one fourth of this is recycled due to lack of a functioning solid waste management system. This leads to burden on the landfills and poor socio-economic conditions of the waste pickers, mostly women. United Nations Development ...

 — Joint development efforts should work toward technologies that can recycle waste plastics [e.g., (9, 10)].Designing catalytic processes to recover plastic monomers or valuable alkane products from waste …

waste pickers. Many of the others sell to private companies and/or on the black-market. It is. stimated that 15 cooperatives recover 15% of the solid waste generated in Buenos …

Every day, plastic waste flows into nature at an unprecedented rate—more than a dump truck load every minute into our oceans alone. And it's choking our planet, polluting the air, water, and soil both people and nature need to survive. As this crisis spreads to every corner of the globe, WWF is leading the charge to help reimagine how we reduce, …

This review compiles regional research on plastic pollution in water, soil, sediment, air and organisms in Argentina. It discusses current sampling, quantification, and plastics …

 — Using Tomra's PET bottle and PET packaging sorting equipment and technology, the Argentinean company has reached a processing capacity of 600 million plastic bottles and a production of …

 — Item 1 of 5 Paola Godoy, who works as a garbage recycler, handles empty bottles of milk in a sack filled with plastic meant to be recycled, amidst a reduction in waste generated as a result of a ...

11 Mar 2021 --- In circular economy strides, Amcor is partnering with non-profit McKinsey.org on its Rethinking Recycling program in Argentina. The initiative is entering the second phase of a city-wide recycling plan to …