AGP Executive Report
Last update: 34 minutes agoSolar recycling push: Alberta will launch Canada’s first provincial solar panel recycling program on Oct. 1, banning panels from landfills and adding a $14 fee per new panel to fund takeback and recycling. Local waste enforcement: Swindon says it’s cracking down on fly-tipping with a £1,000 fine, while improving its Household Waste Recycling Centre and investing in CCTV. Food waste rollout: Fenland District Council begins first food waste collections Sept. 7, delivering 90,000 caddies to 45,000 homes to cut smells and flies while turning scraps into energy and fertiliser. Illegal dumping spotlight: Wirral’s fly-tipping problem has more than doubled, with readers pointing to long recycling-centre queues as a key driver. Waste-to-energy deal: Zimbabwe’s Geo Pomona signed an EPC contract with Zhejiang Wei Ming Group for a waste-to-energy plant aimed at tackling refuse collection gaps. EV battery waste planning: Indonesia’s environment ministry is building an EV battery waste management ecosystem, targeting a takeback system as used batteries are projected to peak around 2040. E-waste access: Normal, Illinois set Labor Day weekend electronics drop-off hours and kept trash/recycling running on schedule.
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