Ken broke up with Barbie after finding out some of the paper in her packaging comes from a Singapore company, Asian Pulp & Paper (APP), who clearcuts rain forests and destroys biodiversity in Indonesia.
Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.
How are the West's 'recycled' TVs and computers ending up in a toxic
dump in Ghana? Dateline investigates the trade in e-waste which is
poisoning a once picturesque part of Africa.
The effects
of electronic waste in Ghana is unequivocal: "total devastation",
from stunted growth of children to cancer and chronic conditions. 500
container-loads of electronic waste arrive every month, often falsely
declared as second-hand goods to overcome the problem of it being
illegal to ship toxic e-waste without a permit. "They have no moral right to allow their waste to come in here",
the director of Ghana's Environmental Agency says. The UN is moving
slowly closer to banning toxic waste exports, yet for the local
Ghanaians the nightmare will take generations to overcome.
Ken broke up with Barbie after finding out some of the paper in her packaging comes from a Singapore company, Asian Pulp & Paper (APP), who clearcuts rain forests and destroys biodiversity in Indonesia.
Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.