Dec. 3, 2024 — Previous research found that insects can ingest and absorb pure, unrefined microplastics -- but only under unrealistic, food-scarce situations. Zoologists have now tested ...

Four Global Policies Could Eliminate More Than 90% of Plastic Waste and 30% of Linked Carbon Emissions by 2050 Nov. 14, 2024 — A new study determines that just four policies can reduce ...

A photo taken on September 27, 2022 shows a 6-metre-tall sculpture made of electronic waste ... [+] displayed in front of the Heroes' Monument of the Red Army, in Vienna. - - Austria OUT (Photo by ...

Through the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership, ITU provides technical assistance to governments to monitor and measure quantities and flows of e-waste. Monitoring as such is important to assess ...

Cows are seen at the largest dumpsite where textile waste ends up at Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) Cows are seen at the largest dumpsite where textile ...

E-waste is trafficked as reusable goods into several poorer countries then either burnt or dumped after valuable metals have been extracted You can see thick plumes of smoke rise from the ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

Themes: understanding what happens to waste; recycling; caring for the planet. Summary: in the UK each person creates about 400kg of waste every year. Some of that waste can be recycled ...

Lisa Moon is the president and CEO of The Global FoodBanking Network. When left to rot, food produces methane, a major contributor to global warming. © 2024 Fortune ...

Others climb up a toxic waste hill and bring down TVs, computers and washing machine parts and set them alight. The men are extracting valuable metals like copper and gold from electrical and ...

The agreement aims to “end plastic pollution” with measures that not only would improve how the world handles plastic waste but also could reduce how much of the ubiquitous material is made.