Authorities attribute surge to more commercial and industrial waste being dumped in wake of ‘relatively buoyant local economy’
The local government of Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province held an emergency meeting Sunday after thousands of residents staged a protest against a nuclear fuel recycling project being launched in the city, the latest in a series of development projects in China to come into conflict with rising environmental concern.
Thai Department of Industrial Works Friday held an event to send more than 190 tonnes of electronic waste back to Japan, after seven containers of hazardous waste were seized two years ago.
Hong Kong’s environmental protection department under fire for failing to prevent the import of electronic waste, with activists claiming they have been providing information on illegal dump sites since 2007.
Concerns about harmful emissions have resulted in construction being halted at a number of incineration plants around the country. Now, experts are claiming the country will drown under a deluge of garbage if the situation doesn't change soon. Zheng Jinran reports.
Up to 2,000 tonnes of plastic is discarded in the city every day, and without adequate means to process it a lot ends up in the sea, from where it makes its way into the human food chain. A charity is helping Hong Kong businesses adopt better practices
Shenzhen is to set up a 15 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) fund to improve public safety, part of efforts to build a modern, international city.
Authorities at the central and local levels began investigating a pollution case in which an aluminum manufacturer is believed to have caused environmental damage in central China.
In the scorching heat of Xiaoshijiazhuang Village, bare-chested Ma Chen weaves through mountainous heaps of old home appliances: His job is to turn trash into treasure.
Australia could become the world's nuclear waste dump, which would give the local economy a major boost, former prime minister Bob Hawke told reporters on Wednesday.
Australia could become the world's nuclear waste dump, which would give the local economy a major boost, former prime minister Bob Hawke told reporters on Wednesday.
Crews have made their first trip into an underground nuclear waste repository in the U.S. state of New Mexico where a radiation leak had contaminated 21 workers and shut down the facility for nearly seven weeks, U.S. media reported Thursday.
China's anti-waste campaign is being brought to the boil as central authorities issued a long and detailed circular calling on officials and the public to fight against widespread food waste.
Besieged by piles of garbage, big cities in China are trying to sort out the long-running saga of waste sorting.
Although China has regulations on disposal of medical waste, the danger of pollution from such waste remains very real, experts have warned.
Hong Kong Secretary for Environmental Wong Kam-sing said on Monday that the government will adopt various measures to reduce waste, including landfill expansion, rebuilding incinerators and increase recycling.
Speakers at a press conference disapproved the Hong Kong government's proposal of landfill extension, saying that upgrading recycling capacity is of higher importance.
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