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 …
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 …
At least a third of the food the world grows each year goes to waste, writes John Mandyck, most of it in fields, transport and storage. The result is poor farmers, hungry people, and a massive 3.3 billion tonnes of needless CO2 emissions. It should be a key topic for action at COP21 in Paris - but so far it's not even on the agenda.
… For climate's sake, let's cut food waste! John Mandyck | 17th September 2015 Comment Waste Food Technology Climate Change … of the food the world grows each year goes to waste, writes John Mandyck, most of it in …
The world produces over a billion tonnes a year of dangerously caustic wastes, write Helena Gomes, Mike Rogerson & Will Mayes. They are currently being dumped, although they could be used to sequester a gigatonne of CO2 from the atmosphere - while also yielding minerals essential for key renewable energy technologies.
… Industrial wastes could capture 1Gt a year of CO2 … Will Mayes | 15th November 2015 Comment Waste Climate Change Mining Climate Change … billion tonnes a year of dangerously caustic wastes, write Helena Gomes, Mike Rogerson & …
In February 2009 the Environment Agency began its first prosecution against an individual for an e-waste crime, and claims to have prevented 33 shipments in the previous six months.
… The dangers of e-waste Dr Keith Baker | 4th June 2009 News E-waste Technology Computers Technology … Computers Pollution Science And Technology e-waste_MAIN.jpg In February 2009 the …
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 …
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 …
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall has a done a great job exposing the scandal of Britain's billions of non-recyclable coffee cups, writes Rhodri Jenkins. But what about the coffee itself? The grounds can be used for everything from compost and biodiesel to boutique chemicals and supercapacitors - yet the vast majority of the world's 9m tonnes a year of waste coffee ends up in landfill.
… University of Bath | 2nd August 2016 Comment Waste Technology Media Drink Biofuels … majority of the world's 9m tonnes a year of waste coffee ends up in landfill. Many of us … world and, once we brew it, an awful lot of waste is created. The vast majority ends up in …
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 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, …
First we heat up cold water for baths, showers and washing, write Jan Hofman & Laura Piccinini. Then we chuck all that precious heat down the plughole. So how about recycling our waste heat to warm up water on its way to the boiler or hot water tank, cutting bills and emissions? Or on a larger scale, use the sewage from entire communities as a free energy source for heat pumps?
… down the plughole. So how about recycling our waste heat to warm up water on its way to the … sewage treatment works. Those drainage and waste water treatments again use energy. Water … We're already able to produce biogas from our waste, for instance, and use it to power the …
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, …