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Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments’ policies remain largely incoherent.

The anthropology of garbage

Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

Trash goes high-tech

Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

The waste business smells of money

At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the world’s oceans, everywhere from …

At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the world’s oceans, everywhere from …

The waste business smells of money