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November 10, 2021
UK court blocks class action suit against Google
November 09, 2021
Rwanda goes electric with locally made motorbikes
November 09, 2021
Solar cells on roads, a new direction for Europe's energy transition
DUBAI — Across the globe, electronic waste is piling up. In 2019, over 53 million metric tons of electronics ended up in the trash, and that number is expected to double by 2050, according to a BBC report.But less than 20% of used electronics are currently recycled. This means a lot of valuable resources are literally going to waste.Among the components are bits of silver, copper, gold and steel. In total, scraps of electronic devices represented $57 billion-worth of resources in 2019, of which $47 billion-worth wasn't recycled.Africa holds the lowest rate of formal e-waste recycling in the world -- only 1% of binned devices are redirected to recycling plants. But Enviroserve, one of the world's largest electronics recyclers, see this as an opportunity.With e-waste on the rise...
October 08, 2021
Recycling Middle East's e-waste in Dubai
June 15, 2021
Win over Myanmar not enough for Tajikistan
January 14, 2021
WhatsApp faces legal challenge over privacy policy in India
December 13, 2020
NYUAD researchers shed new light on mysteries behind emission of fireflies
BRUSSELS — In this special edition of Futuris, we report on one of the missions that the European Union is launching to find solutions to the main challenges of our time.Five missions shape this initiative, part of the incoming Horizon Europe initiative which will begin in 2021: Carbon-neutral and Smart Cities, Soil Health and Food, Adaptation to climate change, the Fight against Cancer and the Protection of our Oceans and Inland waters.Our seas, oceans, coastal zones, glaciers and inland waters produce around half of the oxygen we breathe and provide 16% of the animal proteins we consume. But these rich and fragile ecosystems are under threat from climate change, pollution, over-fishing and tourism.How do we protect these environments and preserve their socio-economic value?Pascal Lamy...
December 09, 2020
Researchers regenerate underwater biodiversity destroyed by human activity
November 01, 2020
Satellites are mapping out every tree on Earth using AI
October 24, 2020
A controllable membrane to pull carbon dioxide out of exhaust streams
