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E-waste management warrants introspection, reexamination, and course correction
Dr Aatish Parashar • 3 years agoIt is time we seriously examine our consumption and disposal of electrical and electronic equipment and make it environmentally conscious
Criminals profiteering off plastic waste, adding to polluting by burning them instead of recycling: Interpol report
• 5 years agoIllicit shipments of waste have surged towards South and Southeast Asian nations in the last two years after restrictions on imports were tightened in China in early 2018.
The world dumped 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year and recycled only 17.4 percent
• 5 years agoChina was the biggest contributor to e-waste with 10.1 million tonnes, second was US with 6.9 million tonnes and India third with 3.2 million tonnes.
Chinese novel The Waste Tide goes where little writing ever does — the recycling industry and class inequality at its heart
Urvashi Bahuguna • 5 years agoThe greatest lesson of Chinese author Chen Qiufan’s little-known novel, The Waste Tide, may be that trash is frequently invisible to those who create it — as are the people who process it, such as manual scavengers, the labourers in ship breaking yards and so on.
On singles day, waste from China's e-commerce delivery will quadruple from 2025 says green groups
• 5 years agoGreenpeace estimates that the waste exceeds 250,000 tonnes even though there is no official figure.
PepsiCo to start distribution of Aquafina water in aluminum cans from 2020
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoPepsiCo aims to make aims packaging either 100% recyclable, compostable or biodegradable by 2025.
Southeast Asian countries refuse to be garbage dumps, sending world's trash back
• 6 years agoOn 1 January 2018, China closed its doors to almost all foreign plastic waste, as well as other recyclables.
Mahindra produces an inspiring eco-friendly film using a set made of recycled wastepaper
Fp Studio • 6 years agoWith the aim to drive a positive societal change, Mahindra created a film titled ‘The Hardest Worker’.
Malaysia to send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to countries of origin; identifies 14 nations, including US, as perpetrators
• 6 years agoMalaysia will send as much as 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to the countries it came from, the environment minister said on Tuesday, the latest Asian country to reject rich countries’ rubbish
With no waste disposal plan, India’s solar power programme may lead to loss of biodiversity
Mongabay India • 6 years agoIndia's solar power programme has no policy to address waste. Leaching of these hazardous chemicals into the ecosystem can result in loss of biodiversity.