phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is thingsjust don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because our devices contain potentially toxic chemicals. well, michael kaloki has been looking at how one company is trying to combat this in kenya. this is dandora. this community on the outskirts of nairobi is home to one of the largest dump sites, not only in kenya but east africa. although it was declared full 20 years ago, over 800 tonnes of garbage is still dumped on this sprawling 30 acre site every day. and in recent years, an increasing proportion of this is e waste. men, women and even children scour the stacks of waste for discarded electronics, breaking them apart for their motherboards, batteries, wi
this week, click travels to kenya, where piles of electronic waste are making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. translation: it is dangerous work, but we have to do it. if we do not, we will go hungry. we re also in the rural communities where ai is improving prenatal care. the information that i ll get here will help me . to save the life of a mother. we look at the tech aiming to put museums in the metaverse. and paul s dying to meet the microbes that could clean up the fashion industry. bugs are quite simple creatures. kind of like me and you. if you ever wondered where your old laptops, phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is things just don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because
this week, click travels to kenya, where piles of electronic waste are making locals choose between lives and livelihoods. translation: it is dangerous work, but we have to do it. if we do not, we will go hungry. we re also in the rural communities where ai is improving prenatal care. the information that i ll get here will help me . to save the life of a mother. we look at the tech aiming to put museums in the metaverse. and paul s dying to meet the microbes that could clean up the fashion industry. bugs are quite simple creatures. kind of like me and you. if you ever wondered where your old laptops, phones and tvs go to die, well, every year our planet generates over 50 million tonnes of electronic waste. the problem is things just don t last as long these days. take phones, for example. the entire industry seems geared around us replacing our handset every couple of years or so. but only about a quarter of that e waste is properly recycled. and that s really bad because
arguments in about 80 of those casings touching on every aspect of american life, big or small. and at this very moment, they are waiting to hear if they will pick up one of those big cases, the kind of case that winds up in the had history books. the outcome could determine who is on the ballot for milons of voters as they head to the polls this year. we are talking about a challenge to donald trump s spot on the ballot based on the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from running for office. as we reported on this program yesterday, the ex-president is now asked the supreme cou to keep him on the ballot appealing a ruling from the supreme court that found trump was ineligible because of his role on january 6th. the republican party has also asked the court to take the case. so of the voters who filed the challenge in the first place, everyone agrees the supreme cot has to take action. the washington post reports that attorneys for the colorado voters who challenge
ukraine s foreign minister urged council members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse the position. the presidency is largely ceremonial, although it oversees the agenda. now on bbc news, talking business, and what the rise of ai chatbots could mean for the future of work. hello everybody, welcome to talking business with me, aaron hazelhurst. let s go and have a look at what is on the show. the rise of the ai chat pot, the great global artificial intelligence race is under way as chatgpt takes the world by storm. this humanlike tech is wowing people across the globe with its ability to hold a coherent conversation, concoct poetry and even create computer code. but as we hand over the keys to technology should we be more worried about the consequences and just what could all of this mean for the future of work? i m going to be discussing all of this with these two, a director of technology from that un and a recruitment expert who specialises in what it means to be a human