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Waste management in news on May 2

A round-up of the latest news and developments on waste management 

INDIA

The bane of consumerism

If plastic waste has to be done away with, the initiation has to come from consumers

Green way to recycle paper

Bacterial enzymes can replace chemicals in recycling

Tax on trash

Dry ice cleaning

Garbage disposal planned

Easy solution

BRAZIL

Moneymakers

Pariahs, no more?

Zimbabwe's urban farmers are finally being seen as answers to its development ills

Dumping site

Handy manual

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'Green' manufacturing

Green product design could be a solution to depleting levels of the Earth's mineral resources

Number jumble

Latest data on solid waste could be a statistician's nightmare

Garbage festival

In strict confidence

A Sri Lankan company profits by recycling confidential paper

The waste of nations

There is a seamier aspect to the outsourcing boom: waste

And you thought tissue was no issue

Take your discards elsewhere

Bad for babies

Disposable diapers are also bad for the environment