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.
… From latest gizmo to toxic waste: the dark side of the worldwide … of Southampton | 11th February 2016 Comment Waste Pollution Regulation EU Africa China … has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian Williams. The EU alone …
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 …
A total of 1.6 million tonnes of food at the point of harvest or slaughter which goes to waste.
… Food worth £1.2 billion 'wasted' Emily Beament | 25th July 2019 News Food Waste Wrap 21649476-1.jpg A total of 1.6 … point of harvest or slaughter which goes to waste. Almost £1.2 billion worth of food a …
Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s, writes Jim Green. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium mines. But now Aboriginal peoples and traditional land owners are fighting back!
… Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's … Jim Green | 1st July 2016 News Australia Waste Pollution Nuclear Politics WMD … tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste on Aboriginal land, and open new uranium …
The major UK supermarkets and food companies have signed a pledge to help halve food waste by 2030.
… Supermarkets pledge to reduce food waste Josie Clarke | 13th June 2019 News Food Waste Supermarkets DEFRA Change Makers food waste.jpg The major UK supermarkets and food …
The tide is turning against the global toxic waste trade, as an appeal court in Sweden considers the plight of nearly 12,000 victims.
… Swedish firm exported toxic waste to Chile Rodrigo Pino Vargas EnvJustice … | 25th March 2019 News Chile Sweden Toxic Waste Court Case Arica toxic waste The tide is turning against the global …
The long term problems of what to do with nuclear waste remain entirely unsolved, writes Andrew Blowers. Yet governments and the nuclear industry continue to peddle their untenable 'bury and forget' policy of deep geological disposal, which only unloads the toxic legacy of modern day nuclear power and weapons onto uncountable future generations.
… Why worry about nuclear waste? What has the future ever done for us? … Blowers | 16th November 2016 News Nuclear Waste Society USA UK France Germany Russia … long term problems of what to do with nuclear waste remain entirely unsolved, writes Andrew …
The clean-up after the February 2014 explosion at the world's only deep underground repository for nuclear waste in New Mexico, USA, is massively over budget, writes Jim Green - and full operations won't resume until at least 2021. The fundamental cause of the problems: high level radioactive waste, poor regulation, rigid deadlines and corporate profit make a dangerous mix.
… WIPP nuclear waste accident will cost US taxpayers $2 … Jim Green | 20th September 2016 News Nuclear Waste Energy Pollution US Corporations … only deep underground repository for nuclear waste in New Mexico, USA, is massively over …
An officially convened 350-strong Citizens' Jury has decisively rejected South Australia's plans to import over half a million tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste for long term storage, writes Jim Green. This has dealt a powerful blow against the project from which it is unlikely to ever recover, and represents a major victory for campaigners, indigenous Australians and economic sanity.
… Australians reject international nuclear waste dump Jim Green | 9th November 2016 News Nuclear Waste Law Australia Indigenous Peoples lester … tonnes of high and intermediate level nuclear waste for long term storage, writes Jim Green. …
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 …
Campaigners will gather at the Springfields nuclear site in Lancashire to raise awareness on the twin fronts of new nuclear generation and radioactive waste disposal.
… Creative action against nuclear waste Chris Bluemel Stop New Nuclear Network | … of new nuclear generation and radioactive waste disposal. Nuclear power has never lived … and a build up of 70 years worth of nuclear waste. In the UK, the costs of nuclear …
A group of leading business have launched a global initiative aimed at jumpstarting the plastics circular economy.
… 25th June 2019 News Plastics Circular Economy Waste And Recycling Science & Systems plastic_waste.jpg A group of leading business have … of these goods? They’re all in it together.” Waste Viewers were left with a prevailing …
Meat is responsible for about 30% of all 'wasted calories', writes Mike Berners-Lee, so with food causing a third of all greenhouse emissions, eating less meat is one of the most effective things we can do to reduce our climate impact. But no less important is to switch from high to low-impact meats - and to do all we can to cut food waste in our kitchens.
… Meat is responsible for about 30% of all 'wasted calories', writes Mike Berners-Lee, so … meats - and to do all we can to cut food waste in our kitchens. With the food system … is a system riddled with inefficiencies and waste. Humans don't simply eat food straight …
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 …
Official recycling rates in Russia stand at close to zero, writes Minna Halme. But my study of the potential to develop the sector uncovered widespread informal recycling networks, lurking in basements, stigmatised for supposed links to organised crime, barely tolerated by the authorities. And any ideas of legitimising the shadowy recycling operations are met with frosty official silence.
… and babushkas' - inside Russia's shadowy waste industry Minna Halme Lancaster … University | 8th February 2016 Comment Waste Recycling Russia Society bottles-cut.jpg … citizen separates glass from plastics, biowaste from metal cans and brags about it to …
A 350-member Citizens' Jury convened to decide on whether a massive nuclear waste dump would benefit South Australia just gave the plans a big 'No!', writes Ian Lowe. SA Premier Weatherill must drop his attempt to reverse that decision with a referendum, and accept the jury's well informed, democratic verdict.
… | 16th November 2016 Comment Nuclear Waste Law Australia Indigenous Peoples Politics nuclear-waste-protest-cut.jpg A 350-member Citizens' … to decide on whether a massive nuclear waste dump would benefit South Australia just …
Burning toxic electronic waste fills the air of Ghana's capital city with dangerous and nauseating dioxins.
… E-waste toxins polluting Ghana Kate Harveston | 12th June 2019 News Ghana E-waste Pollution Consumption Thought Leaders … Burning toxic electronic waste fills the air of Ghana's capital city …
A staggering 83 percent of the material in Halloween costumes is oil-based plastic.
… Horror of Halloween plastic waste Josie Clarke | 18th October 2019 News Plastic Waste 22226264-1.jpg A staggering 83 … will add up to 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste in the UK this year. Reuse Both …
A third of all food that's produced in the world is thrown away. What's going on? Diana Moreno finds some answers in her own experience working in a German supermarket. Leading the list is the mind-numbing 'culture of rush' that permeates high-volume, low margin retailing, and which subjects workers and customers alike to the soul-less logic of the production line.
… From shelf to skip: food waste and the culture of rush Diana Moreno | … January 2016 Comment Consumerism Corporations Waste Food skip-diving-cut.jpg A third of all … the morning, a random employee has to do the 'waste inventory'. This consists of scanning …
The textile industry has had a reputation for massive waste and water usage for years, but a focus on moving away from fast fashion, the textile industry could become more sustainable.
… How to reduce waste in the fashion Industry Emily Folk | 24th June 2019 News Textiles Waste Sustainability Thought Leaders … industry has had a reputation for massive waste and water usage for years, but a focus …
The beauty industry produces over 421,000 pounds of waste daily while stylists experience deadly effects. This shouldn’t be the reality.
… December 2019 News Salon Hairdressing Zero Waste Pollution Change Makers … industry produces over 421,000 pounds of waste daily while stylists experience deadly … pounds of unrecycled foil, toxic chemical waste, and plastic bottles to landfills and …
Our insatiable appetite for expensive coffee is causing a global trail of waste and destruction, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. Following the successful campaign for a 5p plastic bag levy, it's time to move on to a much larger 25p levy on disposable coffee cups - making those that profit from the waste carry the cost of its disposal.
… UK's 3 billion waste coffee cups a year: let those who profit … expensive coffee is causing a global trail of waste and destruction, writes Donnachadh … cups - making those that profit from the waste carry the cost of its disposal. I was …
Celebrations erupted across the city of Commerce in Los Angeles, California when it was lights out for its dirty incinerator.
… | 8th January 2019 News Incineration Waste Change Makers GAIA Celebrations erupted … change problem a lot worse. Compared to coal, waste incineration produces twice as much … they locked both greenhouse gas emissions and waste production in, by writing in the …
New advice for packaging fresh produce produced by waste reduction body Wrap, the Food Standards Agency and the Environment Department.
… for packaging fresh produce produced by waste reduction body Wrap, the Food Standards … off packaging as part of efforts to cut food waste, experts have said. New advice for … labelling fresh produce has been produced by waste reduction body Wrap, the Food Standards …