Bali is battling a growing waste crisis as garbage piles up across popular tourist spots. The situation worsened after the island’s largest landfill restricted organic waste, disrupting disposal systems. With beaches and streets affected, authorities are scrambling for solutions while concerns rise over tourism, the environment, and public health. The crisis highlights the urgent need for sustainable waste management.


Bali Faces Waste Crisis: Tourist Hotspots Overflow As Landfill Ban Triggers Trash Surge 

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is facing a mounting waste emergency, with landfills serving the city and its surrounding satellite towns pushed to the brink. Once envisioned as a fast-growing Southeast Asian megacity, Jakarta is now grappling with overflowing garbage sites, environmental hazards, and public health concerns.


Jakarta: Is Indonesia’s Capital Becoming the Waste Capital of the World?

 Shannon B. Olsson, Founder & Global Director, the echo network, highlighted how the world can convert waste into energy. She added that other than renewable sources like wind, even plastic comes from the Sun.

‘Plastic comes from the Sun’: Expert explains why waste isn’t what we think at WION’s Mission Sustainability

Central Bolivia is drowning in over 8,000 tons of uncollected garbage, with streets overflowing and residents demanding the closure of a major landfill. Experts are warning of a growing health crisis as the situation worsens daily.

8,000 tons of waste overwhelm Central Bolivia amid health fears

Bolivia drowns in 8,000 tons of uncollected waste as health risks soar

The Mediterranean Sea is facing a growing environmental crisis as more plastic waste continues to accumulate in its waters. Experts warn that this pollution threatens marine life and ecosystems, calling for urgent action to reduce plastic waste and protect the region's delicate environment.

Mediterranean sea deepest point now a plastic dump, plastic waste reaches sea's depths

The Easter Island is known and famous throughout the world for its millennia-old humanoid sculptures..but it is not just famous for that,---plastic pollution is the biggest problem in this remote territory in the middle of the pacific ocean,---and that is why it has undertaken a global crusade to raise awareness...

Giant Plastic Waste Problem On The Island

Could these wriggly worms be the answer to plastic pollution? That's what researchers from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are hoping. They already know that the creatures' gut biomes break down the waste on a molecular level, and that they can be altered to degrade plastic even more effectively.

Plastic-Eating Worms: Nature's Answer to Plastic Pollution?

Can Plastic-Eating Worms be the solution to plastic pollution crisis?

Harmful waste produced by the public is set to surge by 2050. The United Nations Environment Programme has warned in its report that the rise in waste will cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage through biodiversity loss, adding that it will potentially cause climate change with rise in pollution levels.

Harmful waste generation set to jump, U.N. warns

Recycling plastic waste is gathering momentum in addis ababa, it's all part of efforts to combat urban decay in the ethiopian capital.

Combating urban decay in Addis Ababa

Biodegradable waste should be converted into compost which can be used to replenish the earth with the topsoil, observes Founder Trustee of Angelique Foundation Jaishree Goyal.

Video Analysis: Converting biodegradable waste into compost can help boost the green cover

Himalayas are turning into a dump. They are filled with plastic waste, abandoned tents, and sanitation pads. In fact, there is waste in Himalayan glaciers too. All of this is because of 'Expedition culture'. What's the story here? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Have the Himalayas turned into a dump?

Five Trillion plastic bags are used worldwide every year. Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets. Watch further to know more.

WION Climate Tracker | Global brands fail to tackle plastic waste?

Discarded fashion from the US, Europe and Asia has found its way to Kenya where it has become a dumping ground for textile waste.

Gravitas: Kenya: Dumping ground for textile waste

WION Climate Tracker: Kenya becomes the dumping ground for textile waste

India's large and growing population has led to many crucial issues - such as overcrowded cities and environmental pollution. What's the way forward? We discuss solutions on 'Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet Conclave'

Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet Conclave

Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet Conclave coming soon on WION

WION Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet

Mission Sustainability - Population Vs Planet Conclave coming soon

About 13.6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine will be thrown away by Canada because it couldn’t find any takers for it either at home or abroad, as reported by AP.

No takers for AstraZeneca Covid vaccine: Canada will throw away 13.6 million expired doses

Since the emergency use authorisation of the first Covid vaccines in the country last winter, federal data show that US states received a staggering 720 million Covid doses, and more than 570 million of those shots have been administered, according to a report by ABC News.

Millions of unused Covid doses going to waste in United States

A man in Los Angeles is wearing a garbage suit as he aims to create an awareness on waste disposal.

Why this man in Los Angeles is wearing a garbage suit?

Social enterprise in Kenya is turning human waste into sustainable fuel. They are turning human waste into profitable briquettes in a bid to find alternative sources of energy.

Social enterprise in Kenya treats human waste, turns waste into fuel

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