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NGT directs Greater Chennai Corporation to explain closure of micro composting centres
2 weeks ago

NGT directs Greater Chennai Corporation to explain closure of micro composting centres

The Hindu  

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Greater Chennai Corporation to submit a report explaining why it decided to shut down micro composting centres and material recovery facilities for waste segregation and recycling. In February, the GCC announced its decision to close 168 micro composting centres and 88 material recovery facilities to segregate recyclable materials from …

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Prince of Wales praises regenerative farm’s ‘fantastic’ composting efforts
2 months ago

Prince of Wales praises regenerative farm’s ‘fantastic’ composting efforts

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. William’s hour-long tour of Lower Blakemere Farm, which is spearheading efforts to cut carbon …

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The US wants to cut food waste in half. We’re not even close
2 months, 1 week ago

The US wants to cut food waste in half. We’re not even close

Salon  

The United States is nowhere near its goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030, according to new analysis from the University of California, Davis. Researchers calculated that, even when taking reduction measures into account, the U.S. still generates about 328 pounds of food waste per person annually — which is also how much waste was being generated per …

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Coimbatore corporation to test home composting program in select households
7 months ago

Coimbatore corporation to test home composting program in select households

The Hindu  

The City Corporation is in the early stages of discussing a potential home composting initiative aimed at reducing household waste. “Corporation Commissioner Sivaguru Prabhakaran has initiated the proposal and instructed the sanitary officers in each zone to identify 100 households per ward for a pilot programme in composting wet waste,” said City Health Officer K. Boopathy. By composting wet waste …

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Composters back at work
8 months ago

Composters back at work

The Hindu  

Deccan Enclave, a 50-unit apartment complex at T.M. “We would have sold at least 300 kilos of the black compost in the last six months, charging ₹15 a kilo,” says Purushothaman Sriraman, secretary of the residents association. “We expect responsible communities to handle organic waste within their own compound,” says D. Sukumar, superintending engineer, solid waste management, Greater Chennai Corporation. …

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Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Waste crisis panel explores introduction of composting plants in slums, urban villages

Hindustan Times  

The special committee constituted to address the dumping of waste at the Bandhwari landfill has proposed comprehensive solutions, including mandatory composting of waste by bulk waste generators in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, officials said. In addition to discussing a comprehensive plan for the Bandhwari landfill crisis, the committee proposed integrating user charges for garbage collection into …

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The quest to alter our last ‘toxic’ act: Inside the rise of human composting
10 months, 1 week ago

The quest to alter our last ‘toxic’ act: Inside the rise of human composting

LA Times  

It was nearly dark outside when Blaire Van Valkenburgh strode through the woods, lanterns dangling from both hands, to visit the soil that was once her husband. Blaire Van Valkenburgh scans the sky after placing lanterns around the area where her late husband’s “soil” rests in the woods outside their Washington state home on Orcas Island. Return Home CEO Micah …

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How to get started with composting, and the surprising things you can throw in
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How to get started with composting, and the surprising things you can throw in

ABC  

Whether you're new to composting or already an expert — you may be surprised by some of the household items you can throw into the mix. Surprising items you can compost Items suitable for composting you may already be across include fruit and veggie food scraps, cooked meal leftovers — even bits of meat and small bones in moderation, Ms …

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All is not well with the micro composting centres in Coimbatore city
1 year, 1 month ago

All is not well with the micro composting centres in Coimbatore city

The Hindu  

Despite the Coimbatore Corporation claiming that all 34 micro composting centres in the city are functioning smoothly, recent visits to some of these centres have revealed inconsistencies in waste management practices. The MCC set up on the Thudiyalur market premises to process 4.5 tonnes of biodegradable waste per day has been out of order since January 2024. While stakeholders have …

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Despite National Green Tribunal order, seven micro composting centres in Coimbatore remain non-functional
1 year, 2 months ago

Despite National Green Tribunal order, seven micro composting centres in Coimbatore remain non-functional

The Hindu  

Seven Micro Composting Centres in Coimbatore continue to remain non-functional despite several orders from the National Green Tribunal to the Coimbatore Corporation, mandating that all existing 34 MCCs become operational by January 22, 2024. Recently, the Coimbatore Integrated Waste Management Company stated in a report on the ‘Supply of Segregated Municipal Solid Waste’ that they had received 0% segregated trash …

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Coimbatore grapples with waste crisis as several micro composting centres remain non-functional
1 year, 4 months ago

Coimbatore grapples with waste crisis as several micro composting centres remain non-functional

The Hindu  

Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation officials, at a council meeting held last week, said that a majority of the existing 34 micro composting centres have not been functioning for the last three months due to which daily waste of 1,200 tonnes is being sent to the Vellalore dump yard. Some MCCs, such as the ones at Sai Baba Colony, Peelamedu and …

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Commentary: I tried to bury my mom in an environmentally responsible way in L.A. It was impossible
1 year, 5 months ago

Commentary: I tried to bury my mom in an environmentally responsible way in L.A. It was impossible

LA Times  

To get a sense of how progressive ideals don’t always reflect actual practice, try burying a dead relative in Southern California. So, in the days just before my mom’s death, and with the clock ticking fast, I explored “green burial” options in Southern California that minimize environmental impacts. That involved ditching the local mortuary giant Forest Lawn — where seemingly …

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How South Korea’s composting system became a model for the world
1 year, 7 months ago

How South Korea’s composting system became a model for the world

LA Times  

Striding through a field of overgrown grass where thick blue pipes crisscross into concrete silos, Choi Sung-ho scrunched his nose in the steamy July heat, drawing in a familiar odor. Since South Korea banned land-filling food waste in 2005, followed by another ban on dumping its liquid byproduct into the ocean in 2013, the country has operated a comprehensive composting …

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California is falling short of its food composting goals. Is a crackdown coming?
1 year, 7 months ago

California is falling short of its food composting goals. Is a crackdown coming?

LA Times  

If tamping down Earth-warming greenhouse gases were as simple as separating coffee grounds, egg shells, leftover lasagna and other kitchen scraps from other waste, Californians certainly would be up to the task. Projecting that California would fall well short of its goal of removing 75% of green waste from landfills by 2025, the state’s Little Hoover Commission in June recommended …

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What is the greenest funeral option?
1 year, 7 months ago

What is the greenest funeral option?

BBC  

How I planned my own green funeral Getty Images Recompose, the world's first human composting facility, turns a corpse into a nutrient-dense soil that the family can lay onto their garden Not many of us like talking about death. Turning a human body into soil also reminds us that "we're not adjacent to nature, we're part of nature," Spade says. …

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Residents seek shifting of composting unit from Marudhamalai foothills
1 year, 7 months ago

Residents seek shifting of composting unit from Marudhamalai foothills

The Hindu  

Concerns were raised by the residents of Ward 38 of the Coimbatore Corporation’s West Zone regarding the potential escalation of human-animal conflict in the area. “If food and meat waste is brought into the ward more often to be dumped at the MCC, these wild animals, attracted by the odour, will enter the city regularly.” Another resident said three jumbos …

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Have California’s food waste rules created breeding grounds for bugs at your home? Here’s what to do
1 year, 8 months ago

Have California’s food waste rules created breeding grounds for bugs at your home? Here’s what to do

LA Times  

Andrew Davidov’s food waste is being weighed by Kevelin Barcenas-Garcia Angeleno, a volunteer with LA Compost, at their booth at Highland Park Farmers Market. It’s that time of the week when your food waste pail is full, and you’re ready to walk your scraps out to the green-waste bin. “Until now, food waste has been layered between other materials in …

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Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now
1 year, 9 months ago

Editorial: Don’t stop composting. California can’t afford to abandon its methane-busting law now

LA Times  

This year, Angelenos were invited to start discarding potato peels, chicken bones and other food scraps in the green yard waste curbside bin rather than the trash can. A state law passed in 2016 requires every city and community in California to divert 75% of organic waste from landfills and to recover and redistribute 20% of edible food before it …

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Rural landowners pay the price as Tasmania struggles with industrial waste
1 year, 9 months ago

Rural landowners pay the price as Tasmania struggles with industrial waste

ABC  

In short: Tasmania is struggling to deal with its industrial waste, challenging the clean green image the state has been promoting for decades Tasmania is struggling to deal with its industrial waste, challenging the clean green image the state has been promoting for decades What's next? Jenkins Hire makes compost at a nearby pad by mixing the paper waste with …

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Become a diamond or get launched into space — 7 alternatives to burial or cremation
1 year, 10 months ago

Become a diamond or get launched into space — 7 alternatives to burial or cremation

LA Times  

When a person dies, many people may think of the two most common options for the deceased person’s body: burial or cremation. Recompose, which offers natural organic reduction in the state of Washington, said through its process it uses 87% less energy than traditional burial or cremation — you’ll save one metric ton of carbon from entering the environment, which …

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Coimbatore Corporation handing over unsegregated waste, claims private waste management company
1 year, 11 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation handing over unsegregated waste, claims private waste management company

The Hindu  

The quantum of segregated organic waste that the Coimbatore Corporation handed over to the composting plant at Vellalore was only 22 % of the nearly 14,000 tonnes of the total municipal solid waste the civic body has sent to the composting plant, as per the figures available till February this year, according to the private agency operating the plant. In …

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The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener
2 years, 1 month ago

The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener

Wired  

At least six states have legalized the process so far, and California, the most populous US state, will allow human composting in 2027 after a law passed last year goes into effect, opening up the potential for millions of new customers. “There is a newer disconnect between the fundamental idea of ritual around death in human composting versus a bizarre …

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A smart composting pattern has beautified and sustained this JVLR society
2 years, 1 month ago

A smart composting pattern has beautified and sustained this JVLR society

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A housing society of 412 apartments in Andheri East has achieved zero-garbage status thanks to a composting system designed by a BMC official. Green Field Rocks End CHS in JVLR, winner of the Swacch Survekshan 2022 award, does not send its wet garbage to the dumping ground but deals with all of it in situ—this despite the fact that …

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Church of England looks at ‘human composting’
2 years, 1 month ago

Church of England looks at ‘human composting’

The Telegraph  

The Church of England could consider “human composting” at Christian funerals to help meet its net zero target. Written question to Synod The bishops’ announcement comes after the General Synod, the Church of England’s legislative body, voted in February 2020 in favour of setting a target to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. He asked: “Bearing in mind the Church of …

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