It is an undeniable fact that electronic appliances and devices have become an integral part of modern life. Computers specifically have become indispensable tools for conducting business worldwide, ...

An Interview with Zaid Elian, CEO and Co-Founder of Elian Electronics Recycling, on How Fortune 500 Companies Are Transf ...

We need a radically new model that properly measures the true and total cost of materials, particularly their long-term cost to the environment and the life systems that depend on it. One part of the ...

The world is making progress on addressing the environmental problems that are plastic waste and plastic pollution, but there’s always more we can do to protect our environment. One area that ...

“The Global E-Waste Monitor 2017,” released by ISWA, UNU and ITU, says 44.7 million metric tons of e-scrap were generated globally in 2016. “E-waste” is defined in the report as anything that has a ...

Electronic devices are getting cheaper and global incomes are rising. That would seem like good news, and it is, except for the 44.7 million metric tonnes of electronic waste these factors helped ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

Being increasingly dependent on technology has led to electronic waste reaching incalculable heights, and there is a dire need of an effective management solution for controlling this kind of waste.

Your smartphone begins life neatly packed into a well-designed box. Chances are it will end its days in a more ignominious manner. Assuming it doesn’t end up rattling around in a junk drawer, it will ...