Urgent Action Is Needed: Life-Threatening Pollution Found in Malawi’s Solar Battery Waste
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Urgent Action Is Needed: Life-Threatening Pollution Found in Malawi’s Solar Battery Waste

New research exposes dangerous lead levels from Malawi’s informal solar battery recycling, calling for urgent waste management reforms. Researchers at The University of Manchester have identified dangerous levels of lead pollution in Malawi due to informal recycling of lead-acid batteries from off-grid solar systems. Common informal recycling activities for lead-acid batteries used in solar energy [...]