Eight enterprises trying to tamp down the trash
Smaller enterprises have found ways to reuse materials to cut down on waste
Rwanda signs $400 million deal to produce methane gas from "Killer Lake"
The head of the Rwanda Development Board said bottled methane would help cut local reliance on wood and charcoal
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia's rivers, crops - study
The report, by 210 authors, said that more than a third of the ice in the region will melt by 2100 even if governments take tough action to limit global warming under the 2015 Paris climate agreement
Two bodies found after floods in Australia's Queensland
More than 1,100 people had to be evacuated after authorities opened the dam gates of overflowing rainwater reservoirs
Norway's Arctic islands at risk of "devastating" warming - report
Average temperatures on the Svalbard Islands have leapt between three and five degrees Celsius since the early 1970s
'People's payout' gathers steam as a fairer way to tax carbon
How the revenues from levies on fossil fuel are used - and communicating the benefits of a greener economy to citizens - are essential to gain public acceptance, experts say
'Ill-advised' Papua highway imperils indigenous rights, rainforests
The Trans Papua highway is part of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's plan to develop the impoverished eastern province, and open up access to its abundant natural resources
Desperate Mongolians send children into countryside to escape choking winter smog
As residents burn coal and trash to keep warm, concentrations of smog particles routinely exceed 50 times the level considered safe by the WHO
Stop pigging out and save the planet, Chinese told ahead of Lunar New Year
China consumes more meat than any other country and accounts for half the world's consumption of pork, which is used in everything from dumplings and stir-fries to hotpots
Aid workers race to batten down Rohingya refugee camp with no sign of crisis ending
While life in the settlement has started to stabilise, aid workers are rushing to secure the camps for the longer term with one factor hanging over them - the monsoon in May then cyclone season