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2024-07-09 16:06
UNDP provides Iran with autoclaves for medical waste management
TEHRAN - In a significant move to strengthen Iran’s national healthcare waste management capabilities, the United Nations Development Programme has installed seven autoclaves in five provinces to safely manage the medical waste in the country.
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2024-01-31 15:47
Domestically-made ‘compost turner’ aims to improve waste management
TEHRAN –An Iranian knowledge-based company has managed to build a ‘windrow turner’ machinery that converts organic and wet waste into compost.
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2024-01-29 12:20
Improper disposal costs environment $1.7b annually: official
TEHRAN –Improper management of waste in the country causes 870 trillion rials (some $1.7 billion) in damage to the environment and natural resources every year, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE) has said.
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2022-09-28 19:07
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran ranks 17th in waste production
TEHRAN – In 2021, Iran ranked 17th in terms of waste production, according to the World Population Review.
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2022-07-18 18:52
By Faranak Bakhtiari
“Zero Waste”; dream or reality?
TEHRAN – Zero waste is a set of principles focused on waste prevention that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reused. But, is it possible to reach the point or does it remain a dream?
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2022-04-20 17:23
Improper waste management incurs loss of $1.7b annually
TEHRAN – Improper waste management brings the environmental damage amounting to 448 trillion rials (nearly $1.7 billion) to the country, Hassan Pasandideh, director of the waste management office of the Department of Environment (DOE), has announced.
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2022-02-26 17:10
Tehran hosting intl. exhibitions on environment, waste management
TEHRAN – The 3rd International Exhibition on Waste Management, Recycling, Municipal Services, and Related Industries (IWEX 2022) and the 19th International Exhibition on Environment opened on Saturday at Tehran Permanent International Fairground.
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2021-09-15 17:57
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Let’s clean up the world: “We are the first one to be hurt”
TEHRAN – Waste production is an integral part of urban life, which is turning into a huge problem that will first and most hurt those who produced them. So that, on World Cleanup Day, let’s rid the planet of trash.