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Article

22 Jul 2010

Author:
Sharmila Dhal, xpress, Gulf News

Trash Truth: What a waste

A single cellphone ending up as waste can contaminate 600,000 litres of water. Now imagine the havoc wrought on human health and the environment by tonnes of E-waste dumped into landfills across the UAE each day...Children and pregnant women are especially vulnerable...[refers to Dulsco]