Mike Webster
@michaelgwebster
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Project STOP Program Director @endoceeanplastic @SYSTEMIQ FRSA, FCIWM. Bins for all! Un soldat de l'assainissement. Views all mine.
Bali, Indonesia
Joined September 2010
Interested in #Indonesia, the death (and rebirth?) of colonialism, or even the joys and frustrations of translation, join us at the @britishlibrary on Monday. It promises to be a lively evening.
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Seems like awareness of the open burning of waste is finally increasing
The world is burning an alarming amount of plastic - the results of overproduction and an unregulated international waste trade. https://t.co/eXADdCgMvo
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Rebuilding our development reputation. Genuine partnership with the Global South. Economic growth. Climate action. Empowering women and girls. Equality at the heart of all we do. Change begins now.
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The intersection between waste, recycling and culture never ceases to fascinate.
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Finally a little bit of good news on the waste plastic pollution front - and perhaps a few ideas for everyone else to follow:
theguardian.com
With lagoons once choked by rubbish, pressure from the appalled community led the government to ban certain single-use products
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"Down this road the soldiers came." 80 years ago tomorrow, on 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed. 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a company of the 2nd SS
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Without waste collection, society would collapse. A small, lovely reminder to value waste workers, wherever you are.
Garbage collector was training a new guy today and told him "this house usually has a kid in the window, if he's there make sure to wave" Guys,
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Man this video rules. Indonesia is the greatest country in the world
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With $1.3 million funding from @ccacoalition, our #EngineeringX-led global consortium is set to develop regional roadmaps and city pilot schemes to phase out the open burning of waste in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Find out how: https://t.co/IIDcA5kD0c
#WorldEngineeringDay
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14 day chicks eating black soldier fly larvae on biochar infused litter. The larvae reduce the need for bought in soya and allow the birds to express natural behaviour, the biochar helps keep the litter dry and the air fresh, plus will lead to better nutrient stability in the
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On #RemembranceSunday we pay tribute to the fallen soldiers who have given their lives fighting in the two world wars. Now, as then, ๐ซ๐ท๐ฌ๐ง comradeship contributes to all of our security. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
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Bali, Indonesia, is half a world away from the war in Ukraine, yet it's become a home for thousands of Ukrainians & Russians fleeing the conflict. In Ubud, Michelle Jana Chan discovers how the two communities are getting on. (@bbcworldservice, from 11:45)
bbc.co.uk
Fergal Keane reflects on how writers can imagine life beyond wartime in divided societies.
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Read the paper, "Moving from symptom management to upstream plastics prevention", in @OneEarth_CP: https://t.co/logegzuKi1
@MelanieBergma18 @BCarneyAlmroth @PatiVillarrubia @Win_OpenData @treeonplastics @RebeccaRHelm @anjakrieger @KristianSyberg @CleDiver @WarrierAnish
cell.com
Plastic removal technologies can temporarily mitigate plastic accumulation at local scales, but evidence-based criteria are needed in policies to ensure that they are feasible and that ecological...
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Meeting with some of the #EngineeringX open burning of waste awardees to share learnings and inspire collaboration #openburning #waste #ISWA2023 @RAEngGlobal @LR_Foundation
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When the topic you've spent your life dealing with comes to your front door...
Thick smoke from the fire at the Suwung landfill still covers several sections of the Ngurah Rai By Pass road. Until this afternoon, it was reported that the firefighting team was still trying to extinguish the fire.
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