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Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste often falls to informal traders who risk injury when dismantling broken panels

Published: 18 Apr 2024
Joe Lycett edits Observer New Review
‘The courgettes were so good last year, I got a tattoo of one’: life on a Birmingham allotment

Published: 14 Apr 2024
Change by degrees
Back on the rack: the best ways to sell secondhand clothes

Published: 12 Apr 2024

Lease electric cars to rural care workers, UK climate charity says

Published: 1 Apr 2024

The rural network
Victoria trials reusable crates for fresh produce to cut ‘invisible’ waste from supply chain

Pilot scheme supplies 1,000 folding boxes to farms and wholesalers to reduce single-use cardboard, paper and plastic

Published: 31 Mar 2024
Notes and queries
Why isn’t there a light in my freezer?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Published: 31 Mar 2024
The alternatives
‘People mustn’t feel meat is being taken away’: German hospitals serve planetary health diet

A group of hospitals serve up a menu rich in plants – and say they have had few complaints

Published: 28 Mar 2024
New blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4m

Fears of overcharging on bill grows after jump from 2.7m machines is blamed on reporting errors from energy providers

Published: 26 Mar 2024

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