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Green Gadget Spotlight: Eco-friendly street signs from e-waste

An important study released on February 22nd by the United Nations reports that the growing amount of e-waste could increase by as much as 500% over the coming decade! Image Microsystems is facing this challenge head-on. [Translate]
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Human rights of Greenpeace anti-whaling whistleblowers were denied by Japan

This past December, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)  found that Japanese authorities breached the rights of two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered corruption in the Japanese whaling program. [Translate]
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