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The 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan has concluded in Russia with participants issuing a joint statement heavily hinting at a joint oppo...
The world is using more materials than ever before—but recycling is falling behind. A new report from the Circle Economy think tank shows that only 6.9% of the 106 billion tonnes of materials used each year are recycled. That’s a drop from 9.1% in 2015.
The report says the main problem is overconsumption. Even if every recyclable item were recycled, the global recycling rate would only reach about 25%. That means recycling alone can’t fix the problem. The report says we must reduce how much we consume if we want to tackle the growing waste crisis.
While some companies are using more recycled materials, the use of new, raw materials is still growing faster. Between 2018 and 2021, recycled content in manufacturing rose by 200 million tonnes, but global demand for virgin materials continues to rise.
The total amount of raw materials extracted has tripled over the past 50 years and could increase by another 60% by 2060 if nothing is done. Per person, consumption has gone from 8.4 tonnes in 1970 to 12.2 tonnes in 2020. But the increase isn’t equal. People in wealthier countries consume six times more than those in poorer countries—24 tonnes per person compared to 4 tonnes. The EU and US alone use more than half of the world’s materials, even though they make up just 10% of the global population.
The report calls for international action, including global targets to cut material use and energy demand, and a new agency—similar to the International Energy Agency—that would help countries track and manage sustainable resource use.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
The 7th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan has concluded in Russia with participants issuing a joint statement heavily hinting at a joint opposition to any foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges, and his lawyer said he would file a barrage of legal challenges to the first prosecution by the Justice Department against one of President Donald Trump's political enemies.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend a ministerial meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of Europe, the Arab world and other nations to discuss Gaza's post-conflict transition, according to three diplomatic sources.
Germany will grant police the power to shoot down rogue drones like those that have disrupted airports across Europe and that some European leaders have attributed to a hybrid war being waged by Russia.
Czech Republic election winner ANO hopes to conclude negotiations with two small parties on forming a new government by the beginning of November, party leader Andrej Babis said on Wednesday (8 October).
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