Tag: #Recycle
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Reuse your old tech for the better and save environment
This analysis is by Farid Khan. With the advancement in technology, e-waste is becoming a major problem for the environment. Your old phones, tablets, and gadgets contain such harmful material that can be disastrous for nature. Once they end up in the landfill, it’s almost impossible to recover them and get them in use. Also,…
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‘Plastics to worsen waste, health problems’
ANKARA, Jan 7 (AA/APP):If the current trend continues and one billion tons of plastic is produced annually by 2050, a very serious health and waste problem may occur globally, according to an expert on plastic waste. “We could see more plastic in the sea than fish. Land could be filled with abandoned mountains of plastic…
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Environment now a focus for young Chinese, says sci-fi author Chen Qiufan
Hong Kong, Nov 1 (AFP/APP): China’s millenials are increasingly pursuing happiness and sustainable living rather than wealth and luxury, award-winning sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan says, insisting the nation’s youth are waking up to environmental issues. His acclaimed dystopian novel “Waste Tide”, which depicted workers picking through toxic electronic detritus and children playing with discarded bionic…
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EU countries need better recycling: report
Copenhagen, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): EU countries need to adopt policies to boost recycling, to help tackle growing waste, particularly from plastic and electronics, according to two reports by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published Monday. “The EU must find circular and climate-friendly ways of managing its plastic waste e.g. by increasing reuse and recycling,” the…
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A project to tackle plastic pollution
WWF in collaboration with Coca Cola Foundation launches a project for collecting and recycling of plastic
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Clean Pakistan, Cleaner You
The pressing and urgent need of our country Pakistan, is to make it a cleaner place to live in, for ourselves and for our future generations. How can we ever think of spoiling the place which our ancestors acquired for us by laying down their lives, their possessions and so much more? It is our…