AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoUrban sanitation pressure in KP: As Pakistan’s population tops 240M, Peshawar’s rapid expansion is colliding with failing services—overflowing drains, leaking pipelines, and contaminated water are pushing schools and hospitals past capacity. School cleanup enforcement: Lapu-Lapu is gearing up for Brigada Eskwela 2026 with a school-by-school inventory of solid-waste facilities, tighter segregation rules, and stronger single-use plastic enforcement. Recycling access expands (B.C.): Interchange Recycling in British Columbia is adding 11 new automotive-fluid container categories, expanding beyond oil and antifreeze to boost recovery of more materials. Illegal biomedical waste crackdown: PPCB and police raids have targeted an illegal biomedical waste recycling racket. Fire risk at waste sites: Crews responded to a suspected blaze at a household waste recycling centre after a discarded mobile phone overheated. Legacy waste to RDF (India): Kohima Municipal Council flagged off the first RDF consignment from its legacy dumpsite remediation project, while warning against unauthorized dumping. Local dumping crisis (South Africa): Waste collection has collapsed in parts of the Vaal, leaving communities buried in rubbish and resorting to makeshift removal.
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