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  • Cleaning the city to breathe easier

    Alastair Macdonald

    April 14, 2023 |

    WoW! News |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: India, Delhi

    One Step Greener collects trash from residents of Delhi, India, and sorts the recyclables to be sold to recyclers. This practice keeps trash out of landfills and improves the air quality of the city.

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  • How Recycling Wastewater Could Help Quench the West's Thirst

    Alexandra Ossola

    April 14, 2023 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Drought-stricken cities in California are turning to direct potable reuse of water to combat drinking water shortages. This process involves treating wastewater and returning it to the drinking water supply.

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  • Shred Up Halabja: Glimpse of Hope Amid Plastic Bombardment

    Salam Omer

    April 10, 2023 |

    KirkukNow |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Iraq, Halabja

    The Shred Up Halabja Recycling Center is the first successful plastic collection and recycling system in Halabja, Iraq. The project collects plastics from schools, homes, and public places to recycle and turn into usable products. It also educates students about the importance of recycling to encourage understanding and innovation.

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  • Want to Help Rid the Ocean of Plastic? Grab an Oar

    Alexander Turner

    March 27, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, Cornwall

    Clean Ocean Sailing is a volunteer-based organization that boats to largely inaccessible parts of Cornwall’s coasts to pull plastic pollution out of the ocean and off the beaches using kayaks, rowboats, and physical labor.

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  • Can plastic bricks pave a road out of Kenya's plastic waste problem?

    Kimani Chege

    March 10, 2023 |

    Unbias The News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    The Kenyan start-up Gjenge Makers creates pavers that are stronger and cheaper than typical concrete by heating a mixture of shredded plastic waste and sand and then compressing it to form the blocks.

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  • Ibadan Has a Waste Problem: This Firm Shows How to Make Money, Create Jobs and Fashion Out of It

    Nurudeen Lawal

    March 08, 2023 |

    Legit.ng |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    Planet 3R is putting a dent in the amount of waste on the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria, by collecting waste from residents and turning it into usable products like clothes, accessories, and home decor. After collection, the waste is sorted, washed, dried, shredded, and woven together to create something similar to fabric.

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  • Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science

    Genevieve Fox

    March 07, 2023 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit nonprofit Arts and Scraps reuses donated materials like yarn and fabric to teach kids to create art and take care of the environment with free programs.

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  • A Wyoming group moves homes to save affordable housing and preserve history

    Mary Steurer

    February 26, 2023 |

    Casper Star-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

    Shacks on Racks relocates houses and works to make homeownership more accessible to area workers. Since starting in 2016, the non-profit has relocated 21 houses. For those 21 saved houses, Shacks on Racks estimates they’ve spared landfills more than 1.2 million pounds of waste.

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  • A California town's wastewater is helping it battle drought

    Naoki Nitta

    January 23, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Healdsburg, California

    To comply with federal environmental wastewater discharge regulations, Healdsburg, California, upgraded its wastewater-reclamation facility to purify water enough for reuse. In order to reduce the amount of water discharged into the local river, the city made the purified water free to use for pastures, agriculture, residential use, and non-dairy livestock.

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  • Is plastic waste the building material of the future?

    Désiree Schneider

    January 16, 2023 |

    Unbias The News |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Bukit Lawang

    The use of plastic waste as an affordable building material is rising in popularity. One option is turning the waste into “Ecobricks” by tightly packing it into a bottle with a stick. A German organization called Project Wings pays locals in Bukit Lawang, Indonesia, to collect plastic and make bricks to be used for buildings.

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