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The word “landfill” conjures up an image of mountains of waste accompanied by foul smells and oozing liquids... “Landfill” sits close in my mind with words like “contamination” and “pollution.” However, this view marked my own ignorance of the potential of what landfills could be — until I made m

The newly-completed National Landfill in Aimeliik is set to be opened this coming January, following nearly two years of construction...The landfill, funded by the Japanese Government, has the capacity to hold 384,898 cubed meters of waste, and will utilize the “fukuoka method”, a semi-aerobic wa

The Ifira Marine Management (IMM) is currently implementing the Ifira Tanvosoko Environment Rehabilitation Project that is coordinated by SHEFA Provincial Council, with funding assistance from UNDP. There are three action plans under the project.

In a secret location in an industrial area in western Sydney, a test strip of asphalt is being laid. But this is no ordinary road. The 50-metre strip stretching out into the hot afternoon sun is held together by an unusual material.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is in the final stages of developing its e-waste [electronic waste] management national policy. The Ministry is working on formulating the policy with the support of the European Union-funded Pacific-E.U.

The Government has deferred enforcing a nationwide ban on the use of styrofoam plates and cups due to the coronavirus [COVID-19] global pandemic. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment [M.N.R.E.] on Wednesday.

New research from NUI Galway and the University of Limerick has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries (EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway) that contributes to ocean littering from exported recycling.

Beer and soft drinks could soon be sipped from “all-plant” bottles under new plans to turn sustainably grown crops into plastic in partnership with major beverage makers.

Overseas, the Covid-19 economic slowdown and home lockdowns have enabled the most sudden and dramatic improvement in environmental measures like air and water pollution in modern history.