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Can incinerators solve Vietnam's waste crisis?

Nhung Nguyen

October 22, 2024 |

Dialogue Earth |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

Vietnam is building waste-to-energy plants, which burn household waste and generate energy during the process, to remedy its over-full landfills and eventually provide some relief from related air and groundwater pollution.

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Fighting Water Scarcity and Disease: Kenya's Sand Dam Revolution

Jackson Okata

October 14, 2024 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Kajiado West

Amidst water scarcity and increased waterborne diseases, community members are using sand dams, an innovative water management system, to conserve rainwater for daily use. Sand dams offer extended water storage capabilities, lasting up to a year, ensuring community members have consistent access to clean water for farming, cooking and general hygiene. There are currently six sand dams in the community serving 600 households.

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Mini-artificial islands mimic wetlands and help filter Missouri's lakes and ponds

Ulaa Kuziez

October 01, 2024 |

St. Louis Public Radio |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Missouri

The Missouri Department of Conservation is installing artificial wetlands in small bodies of water across the state to improve the water quality. The floating plastic islands are anchored to the seabed and hold native plants, allowing the roots to reach into the water below. The plants soak up excess nutrients and toxins, mimicking natural wetlands.

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Can AI Help Cut Plastic Waste From the Food System?

Lisa Held

June 03, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

The new Global Plastics AI Policy Tool, developed by plastic waste and ecology experts, uses machine learning to predict how policy interventions like capping production and investing in recycling infrastructure would reduce plastic pollution by 2050. It could be of particular use as countries work on an international, legally binding treaty to address the plastic crisis.

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Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts

Kimberley Brown

April 22, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ecuador, Quito

The startup Ichthion created a system that skims plastic off of rivers in Ecuador to prevent it from reaching the ocean. A floating barrier stretches across the river to catch the plastic without disrupting fish, and a person manually guides the pollution onto the shore where it’s sorted for recycling.

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Poopspotting: How AI and satellites can detect illegal manure spreading in Wisconsin

Bennet Goldstein

March 07, 2024 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

An artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at Standford University analyzes aerial photographs to detect fields with manure illegally spread on them in the winter. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can use that information to manually check fields for compliance with regulations that are meant to prevent water contamination.

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‘This place wanted to be a wetland': how a farmer turned his fields into a wildlife sanctuary

Gabrielle Canon

October 22, 2023 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

A barley farm in southern Oregon transformed 70 of its 400 acres into a wetland sanctuary after it had spent years leaking phosphorus pollution into the Upper Klamath Lake. A team of scientists and advocates collaborated with the farmer to finance and construct the new natural ecosystem, which began to yield the farmer both environmental and financial benefits after only one year.

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Mar Menor: cleaning Europe's largest saltwater lagoon

María Elorza Saralegui

October 11, 2023 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Spain

Local authorities in Spain are introducing restoration measures to clean up the Mar Menor lagoon, which is suffering from years of nitrate and phosphate contamination. Their methods include mandating hedges are planted as barriers on farmland, collecting rain on farms so it doesn’t flow into the water, and limiting fertilizer use.

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La primera planta de tratamiento de aguas con microalgas

Florencia Luján

September 28, 2023 |

+Comunidad |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

Una iniciativa público-privada impulsada por la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FAUBA), busca tratar aguas residuales urbanas y producir biofertilizantes a partir de organismos que se utilizan para suplementos dietarios humanos y animales.

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An innovative solution to tackling Nigeria's water crisis

Yahuza Bawage

September 11, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Imo

The Filter X360 uses gravity to purify water without requiring any power supply or chemicals by using ultrafiltration technology to remove bacteria and viruses from fresh water sourced from nearby rivers, lakes and ponds. The machine can purify 1,000 liters per hour and reduces the risk of illness and also prevents locals from having to purchase bottled water or simply go without clean drinking water.

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