Developing countries are confronted with a complex web of waste dumping, generation and disposal leading to accelerated carbon emissions. Currently, because of lack of expertise, capacity utilisation, ...

Despite China's ban on solid waste imports three years ago, developed countries continue to exploit regulatory loopholes to export waste to developing countries including China, avoiding higher ...

“Out of sight, out of mind” is a typical approach to waste and is one of the main reasons why the waste trade persists. The world discovered that toxic waste was being dumped in Africa and other ...

Environmental challenges are a global concern, yet they manifest differently in developed and underdeveloped countries due to variations in economic development, industrialisation, weather, culture, ...