Millions of tonnes of asbestos are being removed from buildings around the world – can this dangerous mineral be disposed of permanently? Or even be put to good use? At a small industrial unit in ...

Machine learning has been used to turn a survey of local waste-management practices into a global inventory of plastic emissions. The data show that tackling plastic pollution will require reduced ...

There is a glaring lack of tracking for global recycling. Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, plastic pollution and global nutrient imbalances globally. To shift to ...

TOPSHOT - A worker walks in front of packed recyclable plastic bottles at La Sylvia recycling center in Barva, province of Heredia, Costa Rica on June 20, 2018. Costa Rica discards 564 tons of plastic ...

Equipment used to train and run generative AI models could produce up to 5 million tons of e-waste by 2030, a relatively small but significant fraction of the global total. Generative AI could account ...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / December 2, 2025 / The world doesn't have a waste problem because it creates too much waste. It has a waste problem because it can't see what it creates.

Waste crime is an environmental crime involving the illegal collection, transport, treatment or disposal of waste. This includes activities such as illegal dumping, mislabelling hazardous materials, ...

From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of ...

THERE is a version of the global waste story which is often presented in a way that portrays the Global South as the main problem to be addressed. This is highlighted by a map of the world dotted with ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese ...