by stefanie | Jun 7, 2023 | World Focus
In a letter to the EU, the Right to Repair movement urges for the EU to ban the destruction of perfectly functioning electronics. The destruction of unsold products represents the most wasteful scenario conceivable in a linear economy. All upstream pollution involved...
by stefanie | Apr 13, 2022 | World Focus
The City of Los Angeles passed a Resolution to ban the import and sale of single-use printer cartridges. The City of Los Angeles voted on and approved to include in its 2021-2022 State and Federal Legislative Programs support for any legislation and/or any...
by stefanie | Dec 7, 2020 | World Focus
Chinese authorities confirm that China will ban all imports of solid waste from effective 1 January 2021. China has been moving towards a ban on all imports of solid waste, and this now comes into effect from 1st January 2021. The ban is an attempt to tackle the...
by stefanie | Mar 10, 2020 | Around the Industry
Abu Dhabi has launched an initiative to phase out and eventually ban single-use plastic within two years. The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi took to Twitter to launch what it calls a progressive policy to reduce consumption of single-use plastics in the Emirates. By...
by stefanie | Aug 6, 2019 | Around the Industry
Global pollution watchdog organisation Basel Action Network (BAN) is supporting a new bipartisan effort to once and for all close off the electronic waste pipeline to countries like China, India, Nigeria, and Ghana. According to BAN, the new Secure E-Waste Export and...
