By Maryam Tavassoli

Reducing food loss, waste ensures food-secure world

TEHRAN – The International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction is observed annually on September 29; it calls on everyone to reduce food loss and waste to ensure a food-secure world, where current and future populations have access to sufficient, nutritious food.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.