AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoE-waste Crackdown: Subic Bay intercepted another suspected US e-waste shipment, with customs saying it will keep stopping illegal loads. Beach Cleanliness Push: Mumbai’s civic body is being ordered to survey and upgrade beach-cleaning operations after a review of its August 17 drive. Source Segregation Drive: Chennai’s Greater Chennai Corporation launched a 40-day door-to-door push to get 50,000 households to separate waste at home, backed by new collection steps. Plastic-to-Tree Swaps: In Bangladesh, residents traded discarded plastic bottles for saplings in a mass exchange event aimed at cutting litter. Recycling & Reuse in Action: Singapore shipped about 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes weekly to Malaysia under a textile recycling tie-up, while Coimbatore began separate household textile collection to curb dumping and burning. Waste System Accountability: North Somerset Environment Company workers backed a walkout over pay, as the council-run service keeps recycling and waste collection moving. Local Waste Relief: Habagat-hit families in Pampanga received rice packs via a waste firm’s relief operations, linking recovery with its materials recovery work.
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