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Apple hits back over EU proposal to 'ban' Lightning cable

The firm criticises a bid to do away with its lightning cable, saying it would cause a mountain of waste.

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China to supervise treatment of medical waste from fighting novel coronavirus

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

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Save Lebanon from failed state status, pleads ex-foreign minister

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

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Filipinos turn volcano's ash into bricks

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

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China investigates nearly 4,200 smuggling cases in 2019

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

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This Week in Apps: Apple’s record holiday, Pokémon Go’s staying power, a spying tool gets the boot

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

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New battery said to power a smartphone for five days

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

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Scientists develop lithium-sulfur battery to power smartphone for 5 days

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

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France bans (some) single-use plastics

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

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Opinion: Who is responsible for the world’s waste?

Thewaron“foreignwaste”startedlastJulywhenChinabannedimportsof24varietiesofsolidwaste.Backthenmanycommentatorsandindeedtherecyclingindustrywerehopingthattheexecu

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Earth Day: China's efforts in fighting plastic pollution

It’sbeen48yearssincethefirstEarthDay,celebratedoneveryApril22.Thefocusofthedaythisyearisonfundamentallychanginghumanattitudesandbehaviorregardingplasticsandcata

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Americans waste 150,000 tons of food every day

Americanswastemorethan150,000tonsoffoodeveryday,theequivalentoftheamountoffoodharvestedfrom30millionacresofcropland,arecentstudyrevealed.Onaverage,eachpersonint

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Plastic pollutes holy river of India and the sea

India’scapacityofdisposingsolidwasteneedstobeurgentlyenhanced.Plasticwastesinparticularendupintherivers,whicharepollutingtheworld’socean.ResearchersatTheOceanCl

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Overseas garbage dumping is wrong way to go

DuringarecentmeetingoftheWTOCouncilforTradeinGoods,somerepresentativesraisedconcernsaboutChina’sbanon"foreigngarbage"import.SomeevenaskedChinatohaltitsimplement

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China Rejects US Calls to Halt Ban on Imports of Foreign Waste

ChinacalledtheU.S.concernsoveritsdecisiontostopimportsofwasteunreasonableandunjustifiable.ChinarejectedtheU.S.callsnottoimposeabanonscrapmaterialsandmanytypesof

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Mumbai: Olive Ridley turtles and dolphins return after 20 years

After128weeksofrelentlessclean-upofMumbai’dirtiestbeach—Versova--marinelifehasstartedrecuperatingfromthechokingpollution.Around80OliveRidleySeaTurtleshavehatche

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China fulfills UN call to ‘break up’ with plastic waste

TheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP)hasmarkedValentine’sDaywithacampaignurgingpeopletoendtheir“toxicrelationships”withsingle-useplasticandbefaithfultoreus