Tag: Waste Management

Dozens die in Ethiopian trash collapse

At least 60 people were killed by an avalanche of debris in an Ethiopian landfill on Saturday night. ...

New UAE Food Bank aims for full bellies and zero waste

Green Prophet recently posted about 2017 being the Chinese year of the monkey, but the Vice President of the...

Lebanon’s drowning in its own waste!

Want a peek into a dystopian future? This is an update on the garbage crisis in Lebanon, which is...

Israeli recycling video goes viral on YouTube

A new video highlighting the importance of recycling is going viral on YouTube, garnering nearly 900,000 views in its...

Trash selfies to shame Tunisia’s government

Social media has again proved to be a powerful tool in Tunisia, where a group of people started a Facebook page that...

Jordan’s Grassroots Efforts to Manage Municipal Trash

The city of Amman in Jordan where I live is experiencing a deteriorating level of municipal services, most notably...

Automated High-Tech Bins To Tighten Abu Dhabi Trash Collection

Citizens of the United Arab Emirates receive free healthcare and education, and enjoy subsidized water, electricity and fuel. Men...

Cairo’s Waste-Eating Pigs Make a Quiet Comeback

In 2009 during the height of the swine flu epidemic, Egyptian law officials ordered the culling of thousands of...

Landfill: Where Dubai’s Building Rubble Piles Up

My last photo blog on Green Prophet featured one of the many sites in the Hajar Mountains from which...

Jordan Talks Plastic Waste: Action Wanted!

Random dumping and burning of plastic garbage, which constitutes a fifth of the Kingdom’s solid waste, are negatively affecting the environment and public health, said a Jordanian official.

Studio Sfog in Tel Aviv Makes Recycling an Art Form

We love the creative eco design coming out of Tel Aviv. Israel faces nationwide challenges of mismanaged waste and...

Crap – a Giant Field of Human Excrement Outside of Dubai

Even though, perversely for a landscape photographer, I tend to seek out uglier-than-average places, this possibly wins the prize...