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Negotiations have not been going smoothly, leaving the future of a binding treaty hanging in the balance, observes Li Jiacheng

Discarded smartphones and other gadgets are poisoning the environment and people in developing countries, where most of the world’s electronic waste (e-waste) is being dumped illegally and now involves criminal gangs, the UN’s environment arm warned in a May 12 report.The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said between 60-90 percent of electronic waste is ending up in

Documentary filmmaker and photographer Wang Jiuliang spent four years, between 2008 and 2011, documenting over 460 hazardous and mostly illegal landfill sites around Beijing.His award-winning film Beijing Besieged by Waste (2011) provoked intense public discussion and is widely credited with having prodded the Beijing municipal government into allocating 10 billion RMB

Earlier this year, ChinaFile’s Environment Editor, Michael Zhao, teamed up with Phoenix Online to create a series of two-minute documentaries on the work, ideas, and aspirations of Chinese environmental advocates. The environmentalists, many of whom work in relative obscurity even within China, collect photographs and record themselves describing their efforts. They send these

Wang Jiuliang’s documentary 'Bejing Besieged by Waste' sheds light on the monumental problem of waste in China, spawned by a burgeoning population, booming industry, and insatiable urban growth.