It's raining junk: Weather service dumping balloons and e-waste across the landscape
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - 04:40
in Earth & Climate
Each day, Environment Canada launches 62 weather balloons. But the balloons and their electronic payloads simply fall to Earth afterward, with no attempts made to recover them. An expert says the organization has a responsibility to at least try to pick up the garbage and recycle the electronics and batteries.