The world's growing waste mountain of mobile phones, computers and other electronic goods is being illegally recycled in unregulated and primitive conditions in China and causing significant toxic pollution
… Low-cost e-waste recycling in China releasing catalogue of … Ecologist | 3rd September 2010 News Waste And Recycling China Pollution E-waste Electronics … China's family-run cottage industry for recycling e-waste is releasing dangerous …
A new policy from Thai government, aimed at cracking down on illegal waste imports, will place added pressure on struggling UK recycling sector. JOE SANDLER CLARKE investigates for Unearthed
… July 2018 News China Plastic Waste Thailand Recycling 136820_244417.jpg A new policy from … will place added pressure on struggling UK recycling sector. JOE SANDLER CLARKE … another problem for the UK’s beleaguered recycling sector and follows reports of …
Our thirst for the latest gadgets has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian Williams. The EU alone produces some 9 million tonnes of it a year, of which some 70% is still working when disposed of, and over a third is disposed of illegally. With increasingly affordable electronic devices available to ever more people, it's high time for effective global regulation.
… e-waste ended up in official collection and recycling programs. The rest, amounting to … to developing countries ends up in informal recycling schemes run by individuals, and … some countries this has dominated the e-waste recycling chain, with equipment burnt in open …
Watch the trailer for the Oscar-nominated film documenting how Chinese villagers challenged a powerful chemical company over pesticides and dye-factory pollution
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It may have billion-pound profits and gushing praise for technological innovation but Apple is increasingly in the spotlight over its labour rights and environmental record. Eifion Rees reports on the 'sweatshop brand'
… Apple could make would be to roll out global recycling coverage, recover and reuse … electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components NEWS Mobile … and Apple iPhone NEWS Low-cost e-waste recycling in China releasing catalogue of …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… harassment with the Chennai police in March. Recycling rubble into sand? Nah ... ! Abdulali … the next goldmine: stones. Abdulali said that recycling construction material would help … You can build roads with a lot less sand, by recycling plastic as a resource . We have to …
China is attempting to pursue the same impossible path as the rest of the world: generating consumer demand and wealth without destroying its natural resources and the planet
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With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
… waste is taken by council trucks for recycling. Those in the slum settlements … materials are sold to local industries. The recycling programme costs no more than a …
A little-known licensing scheme allows over 100 Chinese companies to trade in wildlife products like tiger skins, ivory, bear bile and musk deer glands. Vicky Lee shows how the system provides cover for the lucrative illegal wildlife trade to reach wealthy buyers.
… regulated and offers a serious loophole. Recycling permits For private buyers prepared …
The decision to defend capital has led to governments taking too little action too late to stop the spread of novel coronavirus.
A virus is haunting Europe - the vector is capitalism Brendan Montague | 18th March 2020 | News Recycled Editor’s Picks Coronavirus Covid-19 Capitalism China USA UK Economy …
Ever wondered where computers go when they die? Or what the endless expanse of a Chinese factory floor actually looks like? This film is a meditation on the consumer world
Manufactured Landscapes Laura Sevier | 1st May 2008 Reviews E-waste China Edward Burtynsky Jennifer Baichwal Manufactured Landscapes Industrial Technology Computers Politics And Economics Pollution …
China's growing 'bling' culture has taken off big time, writes Thembi Mutch - yet it is widely reviled among ordinary people who in the face of China's industrial boom hold resolutely to traditional values of economy and frugality, quietly yearning for the old days of clean air and safe, wholesome food to fill their stomachs.
… respect Chinese are way ahead of the West: recycling and re-using is integrated into … to build her own eco-house and garden. Recycling and re-using is integrated into …
Over in Davos world leaders are desperately trying to find a 'fourth industrial revolution' to keep the 'growth' juggernaut rolling, write Bennet Francis & Rupert Read. But their efforts are doomed: the real challenge we face is to build a healthy, more equal society and a green, sustainable future for us all.
Peak stuff: the 'growth' party is over. So what next? Bennet Francis Rupert Read | 22nd January 2016 Comment Economics Consumerism China consumerism-cut.jpg Over in Davos world leaders are …
One unintended consequence of China's spectacular economic growth is a growing water shortage, reports Joshua Bateman. As rivers run dry, aquifers sink, climate harshens and pollution spreads, he asks: can China solve its water crisis?
… water treatment rates of 85% and a national recycling rate of 15%." Another solution is to … not just one." She talked about the need for recycling rain water, desalination, dams and …
China's coal extraction and consumption peaked years ago and much sooner than anticipated. But the Silk Belt and Road Initiative – a massive foreign investments plan – seems to outsource China's emissions. Just like we in the West did, when we moved production to China. Ecological economists, FEDERICO DEMARIA and JOAN MARTINEZ ALIER report
SPECIAL REPORT: China has a plan - Peak Coal and the new Silk Road Federico Demaria Joan Martinez Alier | 25th July 2017 News Coal China Climate Change china .jpg China's coal extraction and …
In an exclusive extract from his new book, World on the Edge, Lester Brown outlines fresh ways of thinking about water and land use in order to sustain the world's growing population
… more water-efficient industrial processes. Recycling urban water supplies is another …
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting
… energy expenditure, forests, fisheries, recycling, as well as air and water pollution. …
Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control
… Asian countries need proper electronic waste recycling systems to prevent the surge in …
Chinese scientists have established beyond doubt that water polluted with nitrite is feeding the worldwide cancer epidemic. But while China is beating cancer by providing new sources of nitrite-free water, Western scientists, regulators and the editors of scientific journals are doing their best to suppress the truth.
… through Water - and Energy - resource recycling . The acronym CUESWE can be …