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Generative artificial intelligence could create close to 1,000 times more electronic waste by the start of the next decade, a global analysis has found. Without any waste reduction measures, e-waste from AI would see significant growth – from 2,600 tonnes in 2023 to 2.5 million tonnes in 2030, the scientists said. That would be equivalent […]
Companies under the umbrella of billionaire Li Ka-shing agreed to acquire land-use rights for agricultural property in Australia that is three times the size of Hong Kong with a plan to store a million tonnes of carbon dioxide to offset their footprint. CK Asset Holdings and CK Hutchison Holdings are jointly entering the regenerative agriculture […]
29th October 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak More than 950 wheels of cheddar, worth £300,000, have been stolen from a London-based artisanal cheese maker. Patrick Holden of Neal’s Yard Dairy said that 22 tonnes of Hafod, Westcombe and Pitchfork Cheddar were stolen on 21st October. The fraudsters who posed as an agent of a French supermarket […]
In July, the federal government commenced its first clothing product stewardship scheme: a plan to reduce the 200,000 tonnes of textile waste Australia sends to landfill each year by discouraging over-production. For the scheme, called Seamless, major retailers including Big W, Cotton On, David Jones, Lorna Jane, Rip Curl, R. M. Williams and the Sussan […]
Hong Kong’s Airport Authority plans to expand the capacity of its gold vault from 150 tonnes to 1,000 tonnes, in a bid to support the city’s ambitions of becoming a global trading hub for the precious metal amid fierce competition from Singapore. The authority on Monday said it was finalising the expansion plan for the […]
Mexico’s navy has said it arrested 23 people in its largest-ever drugs bust, seizing over eight tonnes of illicit cargo in an operation off the country’s south-western Pacific coast. “Navy personnel seized 8,361 kilograms of illicit cargo, which represents the largest amount of drugs seized in a maritime operation, unprecedented in history,” a statement from […]