Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic
Pokhara (Nepal) (AFP) - Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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At CES, AI-powered garbage trucks reduce battery fire risk
Las Vegas (AFP) - From laptops to EVs, lithium-ion batteries have fueled phenomenal growth in the 21st century, but businesses ...
At CES, AI-powered garbage trucks reduce battery fire risk
Las Vegas (AFP) - From laptops to EVs, lithium-ion batteries have fueled phenomenal growth in the 21st century, but businesses ...
‘New wave’ as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic
Koh Chang (Thailand) (AFP) - As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of ...
Ethiopia’s ‘korale’ recyclers turn waste into money
Addis Ababa (AFP) - With a tattered bag on his back, Dereje Enigdamekonen trawled the endless alleyways of the Merkato ...
Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement
Paris (AFP) - Researchers on Wednesday said they were a step closer to solving one of the trickiest problems in ...
Record gold prices boost recycling: industry
London (AFP) - Record gold prices have sent recycling of the precious metal to the highest level in more than ...
Rising scourge of e-waste a ‘catastrophe’ for environment: UN
Paris (AFP) - The world threw away a record amount of smartphones, televisions and other electrical devices in 2022, the ...
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