Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause Smoggy conditions in New Delhi. India is worst affected country, with the average citizen dying six years early. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty ImagesDamian Carrington Environment editor@dpcarringtonWed 1 Sep 2021 05.00 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Sep […]
Chances are, you’ve come in contact with hazardous waste or hazardous substances. It’s true. While hazardous waste is prevalent in places such as hospitals, laboratories, and automobile garages, it’s also present in everyday activities such as farming and water treatment. In fact, many of us generate this type of waste in our own homes from […]
The world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33 percent of that—extremely conservatively—not managed in an environmentally safe manner. Worldwide, waste generated per person per day averages 0.74 kilogram but ranges widely, from 0.11 to 4.54 kilograms. Though they only account for 16 percent of the world’s population, high-income […]
A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 Solid waste management affects every single person in the world, whether individuals are managing their own waste or governments are providing waste management services to their citizens. As nations and cities urbanize, develop economically, and grow in terms of population, the World Bank estimates that waste […]
KARACHI: Nearly 400 million gallons of untreated sewage is being dumped into the sea on daily basis while a treatment plant S-III project was started 12 years ago but is yet to be completed. The Geo News has pointed out the issue and Minister for Local Government Nasir Hussain Shah claimed that the delay in […]
Our Karachi which was once known as the city of lights has now been termed the dirtiest city, with piles of garbage and overflowing gutters everywhere. As per the authorities, the city has 250,000 tons of backlog garbage dumped in residential areas. Let me share facts and findings in this regard. Karachi houses more […]
A Chinese waste management company has begun mobilizing its equipment and fleet to begin municipal waste collection in Karachi. Tall promises have been made by the Sindh government that the city will become cleaner in a short while. Two districts, Karachi South and East, are the first to have been contracted out for a whopping […]
Business-as-usual in the way we approach development must change. Traditional approaches to development are struggling to keep up with today’s social and environmental challenges. Many of these challenges are growing exponentially. The speed, dynamics and complexity of today’s social, economic and environmental problems are fundamentally different from previous eras in history. UNDP Innovation-AccLab Pakistan has created […]
