Adekunle Bakare receives funding from McArthur Foundation/University of Ibadan Grant and Academy of Science for the Third World- TWAS. In most of Nigeria’s cities, there are visible piles of refuse ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines household hazardous waste (HHW) as any unwanted household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. Examples of ...
Huge data centres built for generative AI will produce millions of tonnes of electronic waste by 2030, the equivalent of discarding billions of smartphones, a study suggests. Researchers calculated ...
We all love shiny new electronics. But every new smartphone or laptop comes with baggage. Weighing climate dread, terrible conditions for workers, energy usage, and worries over hellish ewaste ...