e-waste

UN Report Says E-Waste Production Far Outpacing Recycling, Raising Environmental and Economic Concerns

According to the report, 68 million tons of e-waste were produced worldwide in 2022 but only around 15.4 million tons were recycled.

March 20, 2024BY Stephen Katte
California Strengthens E-Waste Recycling Efforts With New Law

SB 568 requires those exporting electronic devices out of the state for recycling or disposal to demonstrate that ...

October 7, 2023BY Sophie Li
Unsanitised Disposal of E-Waste Risks Personal Data Ending up in Wrong Hands: PwC

The careless disposal of data storing devices poses a serious cyber and data security threat to Australians that ...

March 22, 2023BY Rebecca Zhu
Here’s How Much Not Recycling Your Old Laptop Is Costing You

By Zaheer Dodhia Recycling is one of those buzzwords that go back and forth in popularity. On one ...

October 7, 2021BY Entrepreneur
Is America Solving, or Just Exporting, Its Environmental Problems?

As regulations around toxic substances have tightened in the United States, American companies have increasingly looked to foreign ...

November 9, 2016BY Tara MacIsaac
Discarded Cell Phones to Help Fight Rainforest Poachers, Loggers in Real-Time

A technology that uses discarded mobile phones to create a real-time alert system against logging and poaching will ...

June 29, 2014BY Rhett A. Butler