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2025-04-04 15:02
Iran proposes BRICS to establish green innovation, plastic waste management funds
TEHRAN –Shina Ansari, the head of the Department of Environment (DOE), has suggested member states of BRICS set up a joint green innovation fund for supporting projects on climate change adaptation in developing countries, and a global fund for managing plastic pollution.
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2025-01-11 15:07
Land subsidence, waste management main environmental challenges: head of DOE
TEHRAN –According to the head of the Department of Environment, Shina Ansari, controlling land subsidence and improving waste management are the two critical issues the country is facing.
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2024-12-07 15:29
Strategic plan on waste management due in 3 months
TEHRAN –The Department of Environment (DOE), in cooperation with the ministries of industry, energy, oil, agriculture, and health, is obliged to develop a national strategic plan for waste management by the end of the first year of the seventh five-year national development plan that is March 20, 2025.
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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.