Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had taken important steps towards improving agricultural development, enhancing food security, facing climate change, increasing temperatures, and scarce water resources, all together contributed to improving indicators of food security, consumption systems, reducing waste, realizing high rates […]
Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli said that Saudi Arabia is striving to strengthen the sustainability of natural resources and improving the food consumption systems to bring down food waste by 50% by the year 2030. He made the remarks while attending the UN Food Systems Summit held at the United Nations […]
This story is all about eco-mismanagement on music festivals and lack of control of illegal drugs spreading in the UK. Let’s check it, thankfully to The Guardian. *** Scientists have found what they called environmentally damaging levels of illegal drugs in the river running through Glastonbury festival owing to public urination on the site. Researchers […]
Massive, overwhelmed landfills, restrictive legislations, and a culture of waste. What does Qatar need to tackle its food waste issue? Let’s check the answers prepared by Doha News. Before the 2017 Gulf blockade, Qatar used 90% of its food. Its hot climate ecosystem was once an obstacle to its self sufficiency, and when Saudi Arabia, […]
Electronic waste or e-waste is the type of waste that is currently growing most dynamically. It includes: ▪ mobile phones, smartphones; ▪ computer technologies; ▪ printers, telephones and faxes; ▪ home appliances, TVs; ▪ electronic boards, chips, and electronic toys. E-waste is expected to reach about 52.2 million tons by the end of 2021, Waste […]
A tea bag is part of the daily reality of millions of people. Bay, wait for 1 minute, and everything is done. But how safe is it to use? What material is it made of? What kind of paper does not soak in water? It turns out that there can be a lot of questions […]
It is a common sight these days to see masks and gloves littered in the parking lots, on the roads, grounds, sidewalks, beaches, and parks. Masks are the first line of defense against ongoing pandemic but when it comes to its safe disposal, we are least bothered. Let’s read the article written for Oman Observer […]
The waste management system in Switzerland works like a Swiss watch – smoothly and reliably. Citizens politely sort waste and hand it over for recycling, and what cannot be recycled goes to safe incineration. However, this was not always the case. According to the NGO Waste Management Center, back in the 80s of the 20th […]
When driving or walking in major towns in Kenya, there are places where pollution levels are extreme. In Nairobi’s large slums of Kibera, Mathare and Dandora, for example, residents dump their waste on the roadside, and it is solid waste that cannot go unnoticed. Huge piles of rubbish being burnt or dumped indiscriminately accumulate over […]
More than 42 million old vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait’s sands have started to be recycled, as the country tackles a waste problem that created one of the world’s largest tyre graveyards, GD online reports. The massive dumpsite was a mere 7 km (4 miles) from a residential suburb where residents were bothered by periodic […]
