A former senior official at an international organization reminded me, when we met recently, of an article I wrote in 2000, entitled ‘EU Follows UN in Wasting Development Aid.’ This official, who retired years ago after decades of international development work, said: “When it was first published, we thought thatContinue Reading
In a wealthy enclave along the Santa Monica Mountains that is a haven for celebrities, residents are now facing more aggressive consequences for wasting water. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District northwest of Los Angeles hopes to spur water savings by making it easier to fine households that go overContinue Reading
You were among 5.7 million residents who produced 7.23 million tonnes of solid waste in 2019. That’s roughly the weight of 530,000 double-decker buses. That’s a significant amount of waste for a city-state of just 728 sq km. Less than half your waste — 40 per cent — was incineratedContinue Reading
