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Some of the latest news from the wide world of waste: 12 – 25 January 2012

CHINA

• Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area Pilots Kitchen Waste Composting Program

• Beijing’s Biggest Recycling Market Faces Imminent Demolition, Threatening the Livelihood of 30,000 Workers

• Beijing Waste Separation Program Challenged by Resident Noncompliance

• China Looks for Ways to Detect ‘Gutter Oil’

• World’s Largest Metals and Electronic Recycler Makes a Move into China Market

• China Everbright Obtains US$100 Million Loan from Asian Development Bank

US

• US Air Force Awards Plasma Gasification Contract

• Austin Implements Waste Master Plan, Aims to Reduce Waste 90% by 2030

• American Sustainable Business Council Endorses Responsible Electronics Recycling Act to Limit Toxic E-Waste

• NYC Takes the Garbage Out

• Cleaning up The Old West the Modern Way

INTERNATIONAL

• Fight Brews over Puerto Rico Waste-to-Energy Plan

• Mexico City Fights Waste Pileup, Illegal Dumping in Transition to Greener Waste Disposal

• Virgin Islands Plans to Build Waste-to-Energy Power Plant

• Revised WEEE Directive Sparks Debate in the EU

• Think Two Recycling Bins are a Hassle? Try 34, as Residents in this Japanese Town Do