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Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment
Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on healthcare waste management...
First Latin American e-waste report published
According to a new report produced under UNIDO’s Latin America and the Caribbean e-waste project, only three per cent of Latin America’s e-waste is reported as...
‘Digital dumpsites’ study highlights growing threat to children
The health of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide is at risk from the illegal processing of old electrical or electronic devices, the World...
Waste management an essential public service in the fight to beat COVID-19
With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continuing to spread and its impacts upon human health and the economy intensifying day-by-day, governments are urged to...
Wastewater A Resource that Can Pay Dividends for People, the Environment, and Economies
The world’s wastewater – 80
percent of which is released into the environment without adequate treatment –
is a valuable resource from which clean water, energy,...
Organic waste has huge untapped potential to provide clean energy around the world
The world’s biogas and biomethane resources could cover 20% of global gas
demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to new
IEA report.
The world is only...
Senegal to Improve Governance and Solid Waste Management
The World Bank Group’s Board
of Directors approved today an International Development Association (IDA)
credit of $125 million to support Senegal in strengthening the solid waste
management...
Addressing hazardous waste within Africa
In mid-February, government representatives from across the African
continent will come together in Brazzaville,
Republic of the Congo to work towards a safe chemicals and waste...
Creating energy and fighting waste in Yemen
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is considered to be among the worst in
the world. In 2019, 80 per cent of Yemen’s people were in...
Global Waste Crisis: A Rising Threat to Environment
The global
waste crisis has become an issue of concern worldwide in an age of climate
change. The World Bank warns that global waste will increase...