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Bordo Poniente landfill Closes - Mexico City

The Mexican government began the closure and replacement of the capital’s Bordo Poniente landfill, located on Highway Penon-Texcoco, meeting one of...

by LUIS RAMON BARRON TINAJERO in Mexico on 19/12/2011

Environment

Recycling garbage in Malaysia

A garbage collector surrounded by a pile of trash collects plastic for recycling at a garbage dump site in Kelantan, some 550km away from the capital...

by Mohamed Heikkal Ismail in Malaysia on 10/12/2011

Society

Mr Aye sifts through peoples flood damaged rubbish to restock his shop

Nonthaburi's home owners clear their flood damaged belongings to the rubbish tips. Mr Aye sorts books from the scrapyard which he can salvage to...

by Stephen Ford in Thailand on 28/11/2011

BREAKING NEWS

19/12/2011 - Bordo Poniente landfill Closes - Mexico City - Mexico - The Mexican government began the...
10/12/2011 - Recycling garbage in Malaysia - Malaysia - A garbage collector surrounded by a...
28/11/2011 - Mr Aye sifts through peoples flood damaged rubbish to restock his shop - Thailand - Nonthaburi's home owners clear...
15/10/2011 - Municipal Landfill in Gdansk Szadolki - Poland - Waste sorting place on Municipal...
29/07/2011 - Old cars are recycled - Israel - Old cars are recycled for their iron in...
16/07/2011 - Fashion show with recycled materials at East Java Province, Indonesia - Indonesia - Models performing in a very colorful...
09/04/2011 - Rubbish dump grows near Palermo Picnic Site - Italy - An indiscriminate rubbish dump is...
01/02/2011 - Bomb Squad Called To Edinburgh Recycling Centre - United Kingdom - Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team...
15/04/2010 - Coexistence: Waste in Sofia - Bulgaria - Despite numerous warnings and threats...
15/03/2010 - World’s first electric vehicle recycling company - United Kingdom - DMTX. One of the many vans part of the...

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Wat Bang Phra tattoo ceremony held in Thailand - Bangkok
Wat Bang Phra is a Buddhist temple in Nakhon Chai Si district about 50 km west of Bangkok. During the festival thousands receive tattoos, which allegedly protect them from evil. 19th Ma...
Environmental activists raise the importance of recycling
Dozens of environmental activists stage a protest in front of Grahadi, Surabaya. They urge people to recycle and throw out rubbish in the correct way to help the environment. Surabaya, ...
Recycling of plastic waste - Kendari
Plastic waste is sorted into different categories depending on its value when sold to a recycler. There is some plastic that is of no value, and is simply burned. Kendari, Indonesia. ...
Land Clearance Begins for Wirral Waters - Birkenhead
Preparation work begins for the construction of Wirral Waters by Peel Holdings to regenerate a largely unused series of dock spaces in the area to modern office spaces at the East Float...
After 27 years Bordo Poniente landfill closes in Mexico City
Considered to be one of the largest landfills in the world, the government of Mexico City decides to turn this garbage dump into a recycling plant to exploit the high concentrations of ...
Bordo Poniente landfill Closes - Mexico City
The Mexican government began the closure and replacement of the capital’s Bordo Poniente landfill, located on Highway Penon-Texcoco, meeting one of the major goals outlined in the Gre...
Bios Vincent displays his exhibition 'The Wall Sounds'
It is an exhibition to see and hear on display until February 3rd, 2012 at the Palazzo Reale in Palermo, the Sicilian Parliament building. Bios Vincent is a young artist from Trapani, w...
Recycling garbage in Malaysia
A garbage collector surrounded by a pile of trash collects plastic for recycling at a garbage dump site in Kelantan, some 550km away from the capital Kuala Lumpur. 10th December 2011
Christmas door decorations in Ranelagh
Every year around this time, Ranelagh inhabitants give their front doors a makeover with Christmas decorations. Festive and colorful, many choose wreaths to welcome holiday guests and f...
Giant Christmas tree is created from 40,000 recycled plastic bottles
The green Christmas tree made from 40,000 recycled plastic, created by Jolanta Šmidtienė, stands tall in Kaunas, Lithuania. 8th December 2011
The Christmas Tree Ibirapuera Park opens
The traditional Christmas tree Ibirapuera, in the South of São Paulo, was inaugurated. Brazil. 4th December 2011
Rubbish accumulates following Bangkok Floods
Following the worst floods in 50 years, masses of flood-damaged property has been dumped along the sides of main roads in West Bangkok, with some who are prepared to search through it, ...
Mr Aye sifts through peoples flood damaged rubbish to restock his shop
Nonthaburi's home owners clear their flood damaged belongings to the rubbish tips. Mr Aye sorts books from the scrapyard which he can salvage to restock his bookshop, decimated in ...
6AM 30th November Unision members Picket Dagenham
Unison members walk out on strike over changes to pensions at Frizlands Road recycling depot. Dagenham, Essex, UK. 30th November 2011
OccupyLSX keep encampment orderly and clean
The LSX Occupy London camp in St.Paul's Churchyard, City of London, is the height of etiquette, intellectual thought, artistic diligence, clean living, the perfect guest to it'...
Thousands of scarce books destroyed in Thailand's devastating floods
Mr Aye lost thousands of rare, scarce and secondhand books when his shop flooded in the Sai Noi area North West of Bangkok. He salvages what stock he is able to and dries all the ruined...
Made in prison: Italian female prisoners create bags with recycled mat
A bag factory in prison operates to give a second chance to detainees and new life to scrap fabrics. A female entrepreneur has staked everything on creating a new model of sustainable s...
Occupy LA  Camp at City Hall
Under the trees of Los Angeles city hall, about 700 'Occupy' participants have pitched more than 400 tents on the lawns below the mayor's office in a demonstration over c...
Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship on view in Canary Wharf
The new Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior ship was open to visitors in Canary Wharf as part of its maiden voyage. Thousands line up patiently to be shown around the ship. London, United Kingdo...
UK Uncut joins Occupy protesters and Occupy London Stock Exchange
Campaign group UK Uncut has joined the Occupy campers outside Saint Paul's Cathedral occupying Finsbury Square. UK. 25th October 2011