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Amid a landscape seemingly marked by advancements in waste management, recent research from Material Focus paints a nuanced picture of the UK's relationship with waste electrical and electronic equ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars may need to be cut in the coming years.

BANGKOK/PRAGUE – Recently published analysis confirmed that communities in the Chachoengsao province face severe food chain contamination with some of the worlds most toxic chemicals caused by improper electronic waste processing.

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Deadline: 13-Nov-22 The Carrefour Foundation is calling prospective project initiators to apply for their projects in favor of sustainable food transition

Textile-producing nations unite to reduce chemical waste

Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Viet Nam have united to reduce pollution from the textile sector $43-million initiative will support businesses to manage risks to workers and eliminate the most toxic chemicals from their production processes Hazardous chemicals used in textile production pose significant risks to human health and the environment

Food Waste Is Worse Than Initially Thought By Ashley Palya on July 22 2021 7:44 AM If food waste was a country, it would be the third largest emitter on Earth AFP / TOLGA AKMEN The amount of food that goes to waste each year has reached an estimated 2.5 billion tons, a figure that was nearly double the estimates by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.  The World Wildlife Fund and U.K. grocery retailer Tesco revealed Wednesday in...

Today, WWF and Tesco publish Driven to Waste, a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally, revealing an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food 2 goes uneaten around the world each year. That is an increase of approximately 1.2 billion tonnes on the established estimates of 1.3 billion tonnes wasted each year. These new estimates indicate that of all the food grown, approximately 40 per cent goes uneaten, which is higher than the previously estimated figure of 33%...