"Wouldn’t it be nice to celebrate with the first-ever global treaty to curb the world’s mounting plastic pollution problem?
That’s not a completely unrealistic outcome. Indeed, since its inception in 1970, Earth Day has grown into an international movement with the potential to seriously influence policy. This year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastics, and global leaders will convene in Canada later in the week to lay plans for what could be the most significant environmental deal since the 2015 Paris Agreement..."
Global plastic treaty talks are happening. What do stakeholders want? By Valerie Volcovici, April 22, 2024
Residents in #NewDelhi complained of breathing problems on Monday (April 22) after a massive fire broke out at a Ghazipur #landfill the day before. Large plumes of smoke continued to rise from the burning landfill in the city’s eastern district, where excavators were seen removing piles of garbage to deescalate the fire on Sunday (April 21) night. Tom Canetti reports.
A project to reduce the number of plastics entering the country, focused on the food and beverage sector, was discussed during a workshop in Rarotonga this week. Like other countries around the world, the Cook Islands is an importer and end user of items with single-use plastic packaging....
NOT ACCEPTABLE! If #Microsoft is going to pull this kind of SHIT, they need to take care of all the #eWaste ! Or better yet, SUPPORT LEGACY PRODUCTS!!!
#Windows10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap
By Ross Kelly
published December 21, 2023
"As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility
"Analysts have warned Windows 10 end of life plans could spark a global torrent of e-waste, with millions of devices expected to be scrapped in the coming years.
"Research from Canalys shows that up to 240 million #PCs globally could be terminated as a result of the shift over to Windows 11, raising critical questions about device refreshes and the responsibility of vendors to extend life cycles.
"A key concern highlighted by Canalys was Microsoft’s current practices regarding Windows 11 device compatibility.
"Minimum system requirements for installing Windows 11 on a PC mean users must have a processor of at least 1 GHz or faster along with a minimum of 4GB RAM. Storage requirements are also set to a minimum of 64GB.
"Many of the devices set for scrapping after the Windows 10 support deadline, set for October 2025, won’t meet these requirements despite being in 'good condition' and potentially #recycled [or repaired] by enterprises.
"The consultancy added that many of these 240 million devices will end up in #landfill."
Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Heather Stefanson is apologizing for election ads promoting her decision to not search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of First Nations women, and says she was "a little uncomfortable" with the combative tone of her party's unsuccessful re-election campaign.
We've sort of got to grips with the problems with #fastfashion, and while not completely resolved we can now acknowledge the issue(s) that lie behind it... now we need to take a look at #FastTech, whose products end up in #landfill leading to further #environmental consequences in the long-run.
The #righttorepair campaign hasn't really even touched this problem, even if its starting to gain traction for more established #technology.
outside court, the protesters vowed they would not be budged.
"We want our sisters dug up from out the most inappropriate burial site you can think of"
The #Manitoba#Government refuses to search the #landfill that contains the remains of two #Indigenous#women who were left there by a serial killer, citing safety concerns. But in #Canada we have successfully searched landfills for human remains in the recent past. These are just a few of those stories:
The #remains of the two Indigenous women are, firstly, not even certain to be in the #landfill; they're merely suspected to be there. Second, if they are there, they've been there quite some time, and are therefore significantly deeper, which does make #excavating much more #dangerous. Third, they don't know with any degree of #certainty which section of the landfill would contain them.
It's dangerous, impractical, and expensive. But a nice story.
There is something wrong with a society when the bodies of murder victims are deemed too inconvenient to retrieve. #Racism and #Misogyny, of course, but also because they're #Tightwads.
"...The blockade went up last week after the province refused to fund a search of #PrairieGreen#Landfill north of #Winnipeg for the remains of two #Indigenous women. The city ordered those blocking the roadway to vacate by noon Monday.
An #influencer went viral for condoning #Shein’s labor practices. The real problem is much larger
"Some workers,... spend 18 hours a day churning out hundreds of pieces of clothing in exchange for a few cents a #garment. In May, U.S. lawmakers asked the Securities and Exchange Commission 👉[#SEC] to crack down on the fast-fashion brand for failing to disclose the possibility of forced labor practices."👈
Some of the clothes will cross #Ghana, others will go as far as #BurkinaFaso or Côte d’Ivoire. But most will be dispersed within 👉West Africa’s biggest second-hand clothing exchange — Accra’s Kantamanto markets, a bustling labyrinth of 5,000 retailers 👈and their timber stalls, many of them overflowing with the West’s unwanted fashion..."
'Today, 3/5s of all #clothing ends up in landfills or incinerators w/in a year of production [=] a truckload of used clothing dumped or burned per second. Most facilities are in South Asia or Africa, where it overloads the recipient nation. A #landfill near Accra, Ghana, is 60% clothes, 65 ft high, & now a notorious symboi of the crisis. Other dumping is in the #AtacamaDesert!
i've made most of my [#clothes since ~2010. PLZ avoid #FastFashion even if you cannot do that]
Cook Islands: $10 million project aims to reduce single-use plastics (www.cookislandsnews.com)
A project to reduce the number of plastics entering the country, focused on the food and beverage sector, was discussed during a workshop in Rarotonga this week. Like other countries around the world, the Cook Islands is an importer and end user of items with single-use plastic packaging....