Avainsana: E-waste

  The need to close the loop on rare earth metals and a bigger role for the recycling industry in sourcing these key elements have…

Short lived electronic devices and electrical appliances, which are contributing to a growing e-waste problem, are a bigger problem in the UK compared to other…

As many countries in Africa embrace the latest technology—smartphones, computers, and other electronic gadgets—few have developed national strategies for managing the resulting e-waste. E-waste may…

The UK is to get its first commercial refinery for extracting precious metals from electronic waste, which will also be the world’s first to use…

In 2019, global e-waste hit its highest total ever — 53.6 million metric tons of discarded electronics — and only 17.4% of that material was…

UK households and businesses produce 1.45 million tonnes of electrical waste each year, research shows. The e-waste research organisation Material Focus calculates that at least…

2019 set a record for the amount of e-waste ever generated worldwide: 53.6 million metric tons of discarded phones, computers, appliances, and other gadgets. That’s…

Three poultry farmers in northern Ghana have found a new way to keep their eggs warm — by keeping them in a fridge. A prototype…