"With great power comes great responsibility": a proverb popularised by the fictional superhero character Peter Parker who doubles as Spider-Man, takes on a twist in Indonesia by a 36-year-old citizen who is harnessing its "power" to encourage his countrymen to take responsibility for his city's problem with waste.

With great power comes great responsibility: Indonesian 'Spiderman' clears rubbish

Peruvian officials on Monday collected tons of garbage on a popular Lima beach in a campaign spanning three dozen beaches in the Pacific, the Amazon and Lake Titicaca.

Cleanup in Peru’s Lake Titicaca

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Delhi government for not tackling the air pollution which led to the depletion of air quality in the national capital and asked it to take strict actions against the violators.

You cannot deal with pollution then why are you sitting on the chair: Supreme Court pulls up Delhi government

A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent on to India and Dubai, a top minister said Friday.

Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai

Sri Lanka has accused the UK of sending human organs in the garbage. Sri Lanka is going to send back garbage from the UK. Are developing countries a dumpyard for the west? Take a look at this report.

Sri Lanka: 241 containers of trash illegally sent by UK

Sri Lanka has accused the UK of sending human organs in the garbage. Sri Lanka is going to send back garbage from the UK. Are developing countries a dumpyard for the west?

Sri Lanka to send back garbage from UK, Suspected human organs found in garbage

Indonesia said Tuesday it would send more than 210 tonnes of garbage back to Australia, as Southeast Asian nations push back against serving as dumping grounds for foreign trash.

Indonesia to send 210 tonnes of waste back to Australia

Mumbai, the financial hub of India, is struggling to cope with annual monsoon rains, as widespread construction and garbage-clogged drains and waterways make it increasingly vulnerable to chaos.

Heavy rain paralyses Mumbai, more predicted in next 24 hours

A garbage dump in the Democratic Republic of Congo's bustling capital Kinshasa may be an odd place for most people to seek inspiration. But for Congolese musician and the founder of Fulu Muziki group Piscko Crane, this is the perfect place to find the recycled material he will use to create his band's unique sound.

In Kinshasa? Check out the Fulu Muziki band's 'garbage' music

Around five tons of garbage has been collected from Mount Everest during a clean-up campaign launched by the Nepalese authorities with the help of the army since mid-April.

Five tons of garbage collected from Mount Everest

A team of 30 people has cleared about 5.2 tonnes of household waste, 2.3 tonnes of human faeces, and one tonne of mountaineering trash in the cleanup by Tibetan mountaineering officials, the state-run Global Times said

In 2 months, China cleans up 8.5 tonnes of garbage from Everest: Report

About twenty-six people have been hospitalised with several suffering smoke inhalation in Myanmar due to a massive fire that broke in a garbage dump last week

Dozens suffer in Myanmar in week-long landfill fire

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