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Trash For School & Health: Ugandan Innovator Uses Technology to Incentivize Plastic Waste Collection

Leticia Mmeeme

May 06, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kajjansi

Recycle Pay encourages residents of Uganda to collect plastic waste by awarding them points that can be redeemed for cash, healthcare credits, or school fees. The whole process is organized on an app.

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Could a Landfill Power Your Home?

Miranda Lipton

May 02, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States

Landfills in the United States are capturing a potent greenhouse gas, methane, that would otherwise be released into the air and converting it to electricity or natural gas.

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Keeping Food Scraps Out of Landfills Is a Bigger Problem Than You Think

Carl Smith

April 25, 2024 |

Governing |

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Response Location: United States, California

Orange County, California, is increasing the amount of organic waste it diverts from landfills by encouraging residents to put compostable material in the bins they use for yard waste and composting it.

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Sustainable plastic recycling: Cleaner life for us, better livelihood for waste collectors

Sadiqur Rahman

April 22, 2024 |

Bangladesh First |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Narayanganj

The Recycling for the Environment by Strengthening Income and Livelihoods of Entrepreneurs (RESILIENT) Project helps support the economy of waste collectors and aggregators by providing training, safety equipment and mentorship on how to handle finances and operate a waste business. Waste collectors and aggregators who have participated in the RESILIENT Project earn increased profits and are able to collect and recycle more plastics and other materials.

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Got Broken Stuff? The Tool Library Has a Fix

Caitlin Dewey

April 19, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

Dare to Repair helps people repair broken electronics, small appliances, and other items instead of throwing them away. Its Tool Library has diverted 7,779 pounds of waste from landfills and amassed a collection of nearly 5,000 tools available to community members. There are more than 3,000 repair cafes around the world and Buffalo’s Dare to Repair has nearly 1,500 members and processes more than 14,000 tool loans a year.

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This self-taught innovator in Nigeria upcycles e-waste into power banks

Johnstone Kpilaakaa Joey Shekwonuzhibo

April 19, 2024 |

Benjamindada.com |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Zang Technologies creates portable chargers out of recycled materials, having sold 21,000 power banks since 2018. The chargers are compatible with a variety of devices, including smartphones, and offer sustainable power that also helps reduce waste by recycling electronics and turning them into alternative power sources.

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Manufacturers Paying for Recyclable Waste

Courtney Duchene

April 04, 2024 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States

State governments in the United States are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility laws to fund recycling programs. The laws impose a fee on the manufacturers of products that become recyclable waste. The money earned is designated for projects that increase recycling rates.

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From Waste to Waves: How Shell to Shore is Working with Restaurants to Save Georgia's Coastline through Oysters

Isabelle Atkins

March 14, 2024 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The Athens-based nonprofit Shell to Shore collects oyster shells from restaurants in Georgia to recycle into manmade reefs that will mitigate erosion and flooding.

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Jeans-to-bag: Promoting education, environmental sustainability in rural communities

Phillip Anjorin

February 27, 2024 |

African Change Stories |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ogun State

The SecureCycle initiative collects jeans that would otherwise be discarded and turns them into backpacks for low-income students in rural communities in Nigeria. Having access to a sturdy bag to carry their school supplies encourages students to attend school and keeps them from losing their books so they stay engaged in class.

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Mt. Everest is plagued by garbage. These Nepali women are transforming it into crafts

Tanka Dhakal

February 25, 2024 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Tharu community, Nepal, Kathmandu

A coalition of local businesses in Kathmandu, Nepal, is sorting non-recyclable waste collected from mountaineering activities in the Himalayan mountains. Once it is sorted, skilled Indigenous craftswomen make it into new products, like placemats and jewelry boxes, to earn a living.

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