WASTE

UK households revealed to be second worst in Europe for e-waste

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Britons produce the second largest amount of e-waste per person in Europe, a study has found.  In 2019 alone, there were 53.6 million tonnes of electronic waste generated globally according to statistics from the United Nations. With Christmas purchases expected to exacerbate the e-waste problem as consumers throw their old devices out, data from the … Read more

Waterborne plastic tracked over thousands of kilometres

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Plastic waste is able to travel thousands of kilometres in just a few months through rivers and oceans, a new study has found.  A team from the University of Exeter and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) inserted GPS and satellite tags into 500ml bottles and released them into the Ganges river in India. The … Read more