The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports
… UK company implicated in toxic e-waste trail from London to West Africa Andrew Wasley | 14th May 2011 News E-waste Environmental Investigation Agency Pollution Health Waste And Recycling ghana-244-1.jpg Boys …
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating the environment, writes Nele Goutier. Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now the most toxic place in the world ...
… E-waste in Ghana: where death is the price of … day Nele Goutier | 7th August 2014 News Waste Trade EU USA Africa Toxics Health Ghana agbog-fire.jpg Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices …
Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… Hugh's 'War on Waste' is great - but we need to grasp the … picture Sam Earle | 3rd August 2016 Comment Waste Consumerism Recycling Economics Green … Drink shopping-cut.jpg Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the …
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee
… Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of … Farming Politics And Economics Health Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Food Cycle Tristram … Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable …
Mercury is the second most toxic metal in the world, and yet it's still being used to make fillings. Nick Kettles wonders if the dental establishment is away with the tooth fairies.
… Amalgam fillings classified as 'hazardous waste' Nick Kettles | 1st May 2008 News Mercury Hazardous Waste Amalgam Denistry DEFRA DoH Risk Health … It’s official: it’s safe to put hazardous waste in your mouth – and not just any …
Britain is shipping 700kg of highly-enriched uranium capable of making scores of nuclear bombs to the US, writes Gordon MacKerron. The move is a symptom of a huge problem that's afflicting all nuclear nations - what to do with their nuclear wastes? The only real solution is deep geological disposal. But it's politically fraught, technically challenging, very expensive - and has yet to be done.
… Nuclear industry reveals its unsolved problem: waste Gordon MacKerron University of Sussex | 6th April 2016 News Nuclear Waste Economics UK radioactive-cut.jpg Britain … nations - what to do with their nuclear wastes? The only real solution is deep …
The latest film from the 'Story of Stuff' team focuses on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components
… on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components Sales of … Although Europe and the US have set up e-waste recycling systems, much of the e-waste ends up being illegally exported to less …
Plastic waste, often burning, is a constant companion in Gambia, a poor country where few enjoy formal rubbish collection, writes Louise Hunt. Now a pioneering project to upcycle waste plastic is beginning to tackle the problem - and in the process enhancing women's social and economic status.
… Louise Hunt | 13th August 2014 News Waste Africa Gambia Green Economy Pollution … Health gambia-senegal-teram-cut.jpg Plastic waste, often burning, is a constant companion … Hunt. Now a pioneering project to upcycle waste plastic is beginning to tackle the …
If you don't want an incinerator near you, you are either going to have to move to a rich neighbourhood or bin your bin...
… your bin Jon Hughes | 1st July 2006 News Bin Waste Incinerator Incineration Incineration … a billion pound contract with Onyx to manage waste disposal in the county for the next 25 … a year, which accounts for half of all the waste currently produced in East Sussex by a …
After over a decade of fracking, oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. Over half of the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers and streams.
… Fracking's radwaste - supervision remains inadequate Sharon … oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. … the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers …
Agency calls on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals
… The Ecologist | 6th November 2009 News Waste And Recycling Pollution Health … on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals Higher fines are … has temporarily banned Red Industries Ltd, a waste management company, from dumping any …
The Gates Foundation has just announced a $42 million project over several years to develop a toilet that doesn't need water, mains power or sewerage and that will cost next to nothing
… Miles | 11th August 2011 News Toilet Health Waste And Recycling Compost toilet.jpg There … to nothing Imagine a toilet that takes human waste and converts it into minerals for … toilets that treat larger volumes of waste, perhaps off-site. The eight teams – …
Campaign groups say UK officials are underestimating the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill
… 2010 News Nuclear Renewable Radioactive Waste Health nuclearpowerstation.jpg No … the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up … aside to pay for eventual decommissioning and waste disposal costs. This includes the …
The National Trust for Ireland and Greenpeace have launched two independent legal challenges to UK Government plans for new nuclear power plants at Hinkley Point, Somerset, re-opening long-standing questions about nuclear safety.......
… hasn't found a site to store the new nuclear waste, following Cumbria's resounding rejection of a national nuclear waste site in the area. National Trust for … arrangements" for dealing with the nuclear waste that would be generated. In other words, …
The Environment Agency (EA) is within weeks of letting Monsanto escape its liability for dumping thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals – including all the ingredients of the DDT defoliant Agent Orange – in two quarries in Wales.
… nearby Newport, where significant amounts of waste were being hauled daily to a nearby … for dumping thousands of tonnes of chemical wastes into the River Severn and public … and sewerage system, was now dumping its wastes in Brofiscin Quarry, and Maendy Quarry, …
Many of the substances that make wastewater a pollutant can also be useful as fertilisers for agriculture and in generating gases for small power stations, says report
… Human waste could be fertiliser and power source The … | 24th March 2010 News Food And Farming Waste And Recycling Energy Water Pollution Natural World Health wastewater.jpg A polluted urban waterway …
An anti-environment plot by Junckers' Commission would abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of key documents to EurActiv has stimulated fierce opposition by Green MEPs and environment groups, while eleven EU countries have called on Junckers to hold to the green laws and speed up their implementation.
… Leaked: EU Commission plot to ditch waste and air pollution laws EurActiv | 12th … December 2014 News EU Politics Corporations Waste Pollution Health … abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… cause back to the dumping of uncontained PCB wastes by the Monsanto chemical plant in … Gowan’s assiduous work led Monsanto and its waste contractors Purle to accept the … it is clear that the dumping of Monsanto PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill …
Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...
… cause back to the dumping of uncontained PCB wastes by the Monsanto chemical plant in … Gowan’s assiduous work led Monsanto and its waste contractors Purle to accept the … it is clear that the dumping of Monsanto PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… Farming Health Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling Investigates_21.jpg What … dumping thousands of tonnes of highly toxic wastes when they knew that this material posed … a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes from the nearby Monsanto chemical plant …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… Farming Health Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling may cover 2007 … dumping thousands of tonnes of highly toxic wastes when they knew that this material posed … a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes from the nearby Monsanto chemical plant …
Chemical company Monsanto dumped thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in an un-lined Welsh landfill site, the Guardian has revealed.
… Monsanto dumped waste in Welsh landfill 12th February 2007 … Monsanto dumped thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in an un-lined Welsh landfill site, the … says he was not told that it contained toxic waste when he bought the land. “It’s leaking, …
How we manage our periods is not only an environmental issue, but a matter of global health and social justice.
… period pants and washable pads create less waste and can last up to 10 years. And while … be a vehicle for both reducing environmental waste and alleviating menstrual inequalities – … in this department is the North London Waste Authority (NWLA) – a public authority …
Despite the best efforts of the industry to rebrand and clean up incineration, the fact remains that today's incinerators still permit pollution.
… fire Pat Thomas | 6th September 2007 News Waste Incineration Incinerators Energy From Waste Rubbish Trash Garbage Risk Incineration … Roughly 2 1/2 million tonnes of municipal waste are incinerated in the UK each year. …