At Mayapple Farms, situated in the middle of the forest in Dresden, just a few steps can lead from cherry trees to dill to catnip to raspberries to ginseng to apple trees and practically anything in between. If you can name it, it’s likely owners Rick and Jan Felumlee have grown it. But Rick’s favorite plant, and the farm’s most popular one, is mushrooms…
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During Apple’s financials earnings call the other day, CEO Tim Cook casually announced that Apple’s hardware ecosystem had exceeded 1.65 billion devices by the end of last year. At the time I remember thinking “wow,” and then promptly forgot about it. Then the other night, it struck me just how enormous that number actually is. A billion. Then half again. And a bit more on top to finish. And then it dawned on me just how big of an e-waste problem is facing Apple in the coming years.
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A billion of anything is huge. A billion grains of rice weigh 25 metric tons and take up 30 cubic meters.
While progress has been made in all sectors, however, the country today must also be aware of another type of growth that has been taking place simultaneously: the rise in numbers of redundant or unused electronic devices that lead to the creation of ‘e-waste’.
Steve Skurnac sat down with Waste360 to discuss the need for innovative recycling technologies and strategies for OEMs and producers.
Clean tech start-up Dsposal, has announced that it has been awarded a five-figure Government contract to help combat waste crime.
The SUNRISE “Solar energy for a circular economy” project will prepare a large-scale European research initiative that provides a sustainable alternative to the fossil-based, energy-intensive production of fuels and chemicals.