#MeetOurMember: Taiwan Watch Institute Taiwan Watch Institute (TWI) began its journey in a small café in Taipei, where informal discussions on waste management sparked its inception. Since then, it has evolved into a pivotal force for environmental reform, challenging waste incineration through grassroots activism and international alliances. Today, TWI leads the charge towards a zero-waste future, underpinned by comprehensive research, dedicated advocacy, and robust collaborations with community leaders and global partners. Their efforts focus on reducing waste at the source, promoting clean production practices, and eliminating harmful chemicals like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from food packaging. Despite facing numerous obstacles, TWI’s unwavering commitment is driving significant changes in waste policy and promoting sustainability in Taiwan. Follow their journey here: https://lnkd.in/g_qpfpb5 Follow this link to support their work: https://lnkd.in/gfaTFtK3 #GoForZeroWaste #BreakFreeFromPlastic #ZeroWasteIsEasierDoneTogether #ZeroWasteIsForEveryone
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🌍 From today, May 20, 2024, the European Union is implementing new regulations. 🚛💼. 📜 Introducing the Waste Shipments Regulation, a significant step towards responsible waste management. This regulation is designed to tighten controls on waste exports to non-EU nations, thereby reducing the risk of environmental pollution and health hazards. It also aims to enhance traceability and promote recycling within and outside the EU, fostering a more sustainable and circular economy. 🔄🌱 🔍 Key highlights include: - Stricter controls on waste exports 🚫 - Temporary ban on plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries ♻️🛑 - Enhanced monitoring to prevent environmental degradation 🌿 - Streamlined digital procedures for intra-EU waste shipments 📲 - Stronger enforcement against waste trafficking 💪🚔 🌍💚 #WasteManagement #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #EURegulations To find out more: https://lnkd.in/ebuiZ6mW
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🗑️ International Day of Zero Waste ♻️ Today, March 30, marks the second annual International Day of Zero Waste. According to the UN, the world is ill-equipped to handle the amount of waste it is producing: 2.1 - 2.3 billion tons of municipal solid waste are annually produced by small businesses and public service providers and 2.7 billion people lacking access to solid waste collection. The China Environment Forum and ECSP have produced significant work on sustainable waste management systems this past year on #NewSecurityBeat. Check out some recent articles below: Food Waste: A Low-Hanging Fruit for Methane Reductions https://bit.ly/3PGfVTU Bottom-Up Food Waste and Climate Solution in China https://bit.ly/3TUmbKk Shining a Light on China’s Hidden Waste Workers https://bit.ly/3PEWdb5
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When we bought our flat, one of our main selling points was that the building would have a communal vegetable patch. Being able to grow your vegetables in the middle of Brussels - who wouldn't love the chance? But we also live next door to an incinerator—ironically, a fact to which the real estate agency and other people in charge seemed completely oblivious (tall, bright, perma-smokey brick chimney notwithstanding). With each new (and independent) piece of research on the real impact of incineration emissions, it becomes increasingly evident that this (yet to materialise) vegetable patch so close to an incinerator would significantly endanger our health. The latest ZWE/ToxicoWatch research on food grown near incinerators shows that pollutants and chemicals from burning emissions get into our food, from fruits like apples and grapes to the eggs of backyard chickens. Should my neighbours and I give up on the communal vegetable patch to avoid damaging our health even more? Most likely. But the genuine, long-term, and urgent solution is to ensure incineration is a thing of the past - regardless of the region, city, or neighbourhood you choose (or can afford) to settle down in. This is more than just a very worthy and needed fight for the environment - it's a fight for our precious health, too.
🤔 Do you know the true toxic toll of waste incinerators and industrial plants? Waste incinerators are harmful to the environment and our health. Zero Waste Europe and ToxicoWatch (Abel Arkenbout and Kirsten Bouman) have analysed food and vegetation grown near incinerators in #Slovakia and the #Netherlands, including apples, grapes, figs, and backyard chicken eggs. 🔎 What did we find? - Chickens in the surroundings of the REC waste incinerator in Harlingen are laying eggs with dioxin levels nearly 300% above the safe EU limits! Even the vegetation and fruits in the area are not spared, showing traces of these harmful substances. - In Slovakia, near the Cementáreň Turňa nad Bodvou, similar tests found dioxins and PFAS in eggs and fruits that exceed safety thresholds, with heavy metals also alarmingly high in local mosses and water. - Eggs sampled in both Dutch and Slovak locations would not have been OK to eat or sell due to the high number of harmful chemicals and persistent pollutants found in them. 🚨 Why should you care? These pollutants are not just harmful to the planet; they're also dangerous for our health. Dioxins, PFAS, and heavy metals can lead to serious health issues - including cancer, reproductive and developmental problems - and immune system interference. 💡 What can be done? All of us - but especially communities living near incinerators - should be aware of the harmful effects of incineration emissions. Help us demand a healthy, safe, toxic-free future for all (including circular waste management practices) by: 📨 Sharing this post. 🖥 Visiting the www.thetruetoxictoll.eu campaign page. 🌐 Engaging with your local/national environmental groups for a moratorium on incineration. ---------------------------------- #circulareconomy #stopincineration #EU #health #wastemanagement #toxicfree #thetruetoxictoll #wastetoenergy #incineration #cementkilns
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The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is just around the corner! 🌿 🚯 ♻ 📌 From November 18th to November 26th The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is the biggest campaign to raise awareness about waste prevention in Europe. 🌍 🌿 Objectives of EWWR: ♻ to raise awareness about waste reduction, product reuse and material recycling strategies, and related European Union and Member States policies, ♻ to highlight the work accomplished by EWWR participants, ♻ to mobilise and encourage European citizens to concentrate on four key action themes, ♻ to reinforce EWWR stakeholders’ capacities by providing them with targeted communication tools and training. #EWWR #WasteReduction #Sustainability Read more about it at the following link: https://lnkd.in/e6rGQQvZ Photo Source: Pexels
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In case anybody is looking for a study on effects of incinerators on the surrounding environment.
🤔 Do you know the true toxic toll of waste incinerators and industrial plants? Waste incinerators are harmful to the environment and our health. Zero Waste Europe and ToxicoWatch (Abel Arkenbout and Kirsten Bouman) have analysed food and vegetation grown near incinerators in #Slovakia and the #Netherlands, including apples, grapes, figs, and backyard chicken eggs. 🔎 What did we find? - Chickens in the surroundings of the REC waste incinerator in Harlingen are laying eggs with dioxin levels nearly 300% above the safe EU limits! Even the vegetation and fruits in the area are not spared, showing traces of these harmful substances. - In Slovakia, near the Cementáreň Turňa nad Bodvou, similar tests found dioxins and PFAS in eggs and fruits that exceed safety thresholds, with heavy metals also alarmingly high in local mosses and water. - Eggs sampled in both Dutch and Slovak locations would not have been OK to eat or sell due to the high number of harmful chemicals and persistent pollutants found in them. 🚨 Why should you care? These pollutants are not just harmful to the planet; they're also dangerous for our health. Dioxins, PFAS, and heavy metals can lead to serious health issues - including cancer, reproductive and developmental problems - and immune system interference. 💡 What can be done? All of us - but especially communities living near incinerators - should be aware of the harmful effects of incineration emissions. Help us demand a healthy, safe, toxic-free future for all (including circular waste management practices) by: 📨 Sharing this post. 🖥 Visiting the www.thetruetoxictoll.eu campaign page. 🌐 Engaging with your local/national environmental groups for a moratorium on incineration. ---------------------------------- #circulareconomy #stopincineration #EU #health #wastemanagement #toxicfree #thetruetoxictoll #wastetoenergy #incineration #cementkilns
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➡️ A new study on waste management’s #sustainabledevelopment and #circulareconomy within EU policies is out! It was developed by Diesis Network in the framework of the AL-INVEST Verde partnership project: #GreenPymesAlliance. Read it here: ✍️"Political framework and instruments for waste management’s sustainable development and the circular economy in the European Union" https://lnkd.in/eV8pux9J Find also the previous studies proposed by the alliance: ✍ "Policy framework and instruments for the sustainable development of the tourism sector in the European Union️" https://lnkd.in/ehpGSaK6 ✍️ "Policy framework and instruments for sustainable development of the agri-food sector in the European Union" https://lnkd.in/e-TbC7CS AL-INVEST Verde
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Weekly News in Global Trade! The European Parliament has given the green light to the new Waste Shipments Regulation (WSR), a pivotal move towards enhanced waste management and environmental responsibility. With 587 votes in favor, the Regulation aims to ensure responsible waste handling across borders, with a focus on prohibiting plastic waste export to non-OECD countries. Kudos to Danish MEP Pernille Weiss, the rapporteur for WSR, for championing certainty and sustainability in EU waste management. Stay tuned as the Council of the EU moves closer to formally endorsing this groundbreaking Regulation! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e2FCuzpJ. #GlobalTrade #EnvironmentalResponsibility #WasteManagement #EURegulation #Sustainability
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Will the New South Wales Government proposed legislation of the source-separation of food and garden organics affect your business? The Government has set the goal of halving the quantity of organics, including food waste, going to landfill and achieving net zero emissions from organics in landfill by 2030. Our own Sustainable Waste Management Expert, Andrew Quinn has prepared this latest article to step through which businesses will be impacted, and what this means for them. See the link in the comments to read the full article. #SLRInsights #FoodWaste #WasteManagementPlans #SustainableWasteManagement #MakingSustainabilityHappen
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🤔 Do you know the true toxic toll of waste incinerators and industrial plants? Waste incinerators are harmful to the environment and our health. Zero Waste Europe and ToxicoWatch (Abel Arkenbout and Kirsten Bouman) have analysed food and vegetation grown near incinerators in #Slovakia and the #Netherlands, including apples, grapes, figs, and backyard chicken eggs. 🔎 What did we find? - Chickens in the surroundings of the REC waste incinerator in Harlingen are laying eggs with dioxin levels nearly 300% above the safe EU limits! Even the vegetation and fruits in the area are not spared, showing traces of these harmful substances. - In Slovakia, near the Cementáreň Turňa nad Bodvou, similar tests found dioxins and PFAS in eggs and fruits that exceed safety thresholds, with heavy metals also alarmingly high in local mosses and water. - Eggs sampled in both Dutch and Slovak locations would not have been OK to eat or sell due to the high number of harmful chemicals and persistent pollutants found in them. 🚨 Why should you care? These pollutants are not just harmful to the planet; they're also dangerous for our health. Dioxins, PFAS, and heavy metals can lead to serious health issues - including cancer, reproductive and developmental problems - and immune system interference. 💡 What can be done? All of us - but especially communities living near incinerators - should be aware of the harmful effects of incineration emissions. Help us demand a healthy, safe, toxic-free future for all (including circular waste management practices) by: 📨 Sharing this post. 🖥 Visiting the www.thetruetoxictoll.eu campaign page. 🌐 Engaging with your local/national environmental groups for a moratorium on incineration. ---------------------------------- #circulareconomy #stopincineration #EU #health #wastemanagement #toxicfree #thetruetoxictoll #wastetoenergy #incineration #cementkilns
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Youth in Action: Vietnam's Commitment to Waste Management In Vietnam, a positive shift is emerging within the Carefree Generation*, who are becoming more actively involved in waste management. According to the recent 'Waste Segregation at Source in Vietnam' study, 77% of this group now participate in proper waste sorting, indicating a notable move towards greater environmental responsibility. This proactive approach to reducing pollution and promoting cleanliness highlights a growing awareness and dedication to tackling environmental issues, even among those who may not have prioritized them in the past. How about you? What actions do you take to safeguard the environment? 👉 Discover more insights in our detailed report: https://lnkd.in/gawJxv-c *Note: The Carefree Generation group consists of 15-24-year-olds who responded to the survey indicating they occasionally, rarely, or never care about environmental issues. #TGMResearch #PROVietnam #Vietnam #WasteSegregationatSource #WasteSegregation #EnvironmentalProtection #Recycling #3R
