'We need solutions that prioritize both safety and sustainability'

'Lithium batteries are bursting into flames, starting dangerous, toxic trash fires'

Workers in "recycling and waste management face an escalating threat: fires and explosions sparked by improperly discarded consumer products containing lithium-ion batteries," say Amy Lestition Burke and Heidi Sanborn. Without "swift, coordinated action from both manufacturers and policymakers, the situation will only grow worse." Product design "must account for safe, cost-effective end-of-life management, including identifiable and removable batteries." Manufacturers "must take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, and policymakers must act now to protect workers."

'Debt is crushing the developing world'

Some have "claimed that the debt problem in the developing world is dissipating