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Need To Tackle Impact of Likely Electric Car Battery Production Boom: UN

ApaNa June 28, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD, to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to…

Circular Economy: A Tannery Makes Leather from Billy Goats | The Guardian

ApaNa April 4, 2020

Jack Millington walks past two huge industrial-style wooden tanning drums, through a door into the well-insulated drying room. Here, at 35C, amid the whirring of the dehumidifier and one small electric heater, hides from billy goats are stretched out on racks to…

Towards A Circular Economy: Beyond Recycling

ApaNa March 4, 2020

The rallying call for action to reduce plastic pollution and climate change is resonating across the world. As a population, we must reflect on how we got to this point and focus on solutions. Economic progress has led to the alarming…

Recycling is not the Only Solution to the Plastic Waste Crisis

ApaNa January 15, 2020

It is becoming more apparent that recycling is not enough to reduce plastic waste in our environment. John Vidal questions whether the type of plastic is the problem or the fact that large quantities of waste cannot be processed. He also notes…