Zero waste
Zero wasteIndia has proposed allowing chemically recycled plastic in food packaging, as the EU prepares to ban plastic-waste exports to non-OECD countries from 21 November.
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Zero wasteUNDP has launched a three-day training programme in Freetown for 20 Sierra Leonean innovators developing plastic-pollution solutions, aiming to turn local ideas into viable circular-economy businesses under the Global Plastics Innovation Programme.
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Zero wasteWestern Australia's Containers for Change scheme has passed 5.73 billion containers returned since October 2020, generating more than $22.26 million in donations for community groups, charities and schools.
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Zero wastePolysmart has commissioned a $60 million food-grade rPET plant in Mowe, Nigeria, that will process up to 100,000 tonnes of used PET a year — about 6.5 billion bottles.
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Zero wasteCopenhagen has started collecting used nappies separately instead of sending them for incineration, with a dedicated recycling plant due to open in Hvidovre in February 2027.
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Zero wastePaper recyclers have urged the EU to delay its DIWASS digital waste-shipment system for recovered paper by at least six months, warning of disruption as Asian mills remain largely unregistered.
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Zero wastePhilippine developer Ayala Land and Crown Asia Chemicals have signed a two-year deal to recycle construction PVC waste through a take-back program for pipe offcuts, supporting Ayala Land's zero waste to landfill by 2030 goal.
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Zero wasteUS grocery stores switching to depackaging tech raised food diverted from landfill to recycling by 70% on average, Denali's 2025 Sustainability Report shows.
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Zero wasteDanone has agreed to revise the recycling claims on its plastic water bottles, becoming the last of the three drink giants in a European greenwashing complaint to fix its '100% recycled' labels.
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Zero wasteDubai Municipality has recycled two million plastic bottles, about 40 tonnes of plastic, into school bags under its Bottle2Bag initiative, showcased at WETEX 2026.
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Zero wasteCOMY's Cangzhou pilot tests chemical recycling that turns mixed, contaminated plastic waste into high-purity propylene for packaging, cars and medical devices.
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Zero wasteThe EU recycled 42.4% of its plastic packaging waste in 2024, Eurostat figures published on 22 October 2026 show — but waste generation is still growing faster than recycling.
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India has proposed allowing chemically recycled plastic in food packaging, as the EU prepares to ban plastic-waste exports to non-OECD countries from 21 November.
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Green JournalismAmphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismBroadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismEntries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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