The firm criticises a bid to do away with its lightning cable, saying it would cause a mountain of waste.
China's environmental watchdog has urged local authorities to properly supervise and manage the treatment of medical waste produced in fighting the deadly novel corona
Former Lebanese foreign minister Gebran Bassil appealed to world leaders on Wednesday to help save his country from becoming a "failed state" amid a spiraling financial crisis.Lebanon is hoping a new
A man sweeps volcanic ash from his house near Taal volcano at Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines, January 17, 2020. /AP Photo The Taal volcano began spewing massive clouds of ash
Chinese customs investigated 4,198 smuggling cases in 2019, up 16.8 percent year on year, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed Thursday. Of the
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever with
Could the "world's most efficient" battery be here?An international team led by Australian scientists has developed a lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery they claim can power a cellular phone for five c
An international team led by Australian scientists developed an efficient lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery with the potential to power a smartphone for five continuous days, or enable an electric vehi
France has banned three examples of single-use plastics from the start of 2020, with more gradual bans coming before the environmentally unfriendly products are totally outlawed in 2040. Cups mad
Thewaron“foreignwaste”startedlastJulywhenChinabannedimportsof24varietiesofsolidwaste.Backthenmanycommentatorsandindeedtherecyclingindustrywerehopingthattheexecu
It’sbeen48yearssincethefirstEarthDay,celebratedoneveryApril22.Thefocusofthedaythisyearisonfundamentallychanginghumanattitudesandbehaviorregardingplasticsandcata
Americanswastemorethan150,000tonsoffoodeveryday,theequivalentoftheamountoffoodharvestedfrom30millionacresofcropland,arecentstudyrevealed.Onaverage,eachpersonint
India’scapacityofdisposingsolidwasteneedstobeurgentlyenhanced.Plasticwastesinparticularendupintherivers,whicharepollutingtheworld’socean.ResearchersatTheOceanCl
DuringarecentmeetingoftheWTOCouncilforTradeinGoods,somerepresentativesraisedconcernsaboutChina’sbanon"foreigngarbage"import.SomeevenaskedChinatohaltitsimplement
ChinacalledtheU.S.concernsoveritsdecisiontostopimportsofwasteunreasonableandunjustifiable.ChinarejectedtheU.S.callsnottoimposeabanonscrapmaterialsandmanytypesof
After128weeksofrelentlessclean-upofMumbai’dirtiestbeach—Versova--marinelifehasstartedrecuperatingfromthechokingpollution.Around80OliveRidleySeaTurtleshavehatche
TheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP)hasmarkedValentine’sDaywithacampaignurgingpeopletoendtheir“toxicrelationships”withsingle-useplasticandbefaithfultoreus