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Waste management

The new plastics economy

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by Hans Dembowski
Nearly one out of three people worldwide lacks access to functioning sanitary facilities. Mobile toilets in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Standardisation

Turning wastewater into drinking water

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by Andreas Hauser
Selling plastic waste in Mumbai.

Editorial

Consumerism’s side-effect

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by Katja Dombrowski

Recycling

From garbage to innovation

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by Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Recycling

Why statistics are not enough

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by Ruediger Kuehr
Klin Bo Services uses motorised three-wheelers to collect rubbish.

Urban rubbish

The cleanest city in Sierra Leone

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by Jochen Moninger
by Raphael Thurn-Valsassina
Plastic bottles are turned into paving stones: these stones are a mixture of PET plastic and sand.

Value chains

Promoting the recycling economy

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by Jochen Moninger
by Raphael Thurn-Valsassina
Kathmandu’s rivers are affected badly.

Waste management

Living amidst filth

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by Roshan Sharma
Plastic bottles sorted for recycling in Essen, Germany.

Waste management

Part of a system

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by Roshan Sharma
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