![UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a sign at Ebac, an electrical appliances maker, before the coronavirus outbreak put added pressure on UK manufacturers to produce virus-fighting products [File: Frank Augstein/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/9db32395979647a48ef52c127f363734_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The UK is asking manufacturers to produce virus-fighting gear; will it be enough to improve the industry’s outlook?
![Belarusian tennis star Victoria Azarenka takes time out of the 2013 Australian Open to watch some online videos [Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2686a100569e40b7bee98e5997a859cc_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Watching films and listening to music online produces more greenhouse gas emissions than many realise.
![Because worldwide annual e-waste is worth $62.5bn - more than the gross domestic product of many countries - environmental advocates are encouraging reclamation efforts like this mobile-phone recycling workshop in Lima, Peru [File: Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4ffaae26c38a4923bee02805b70c4acf_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Forty-four million tonnes of e-waste was generated last year. Activists want big tech to start dealing with the problem.