Australia has an e-waste problem, and for all the conversations around climate change, energy use, plastics and other ESG matters, it’s surprising that more isn’t said about it. Currently, just 12% of ...

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 ...

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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 ...

“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 ...

Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s hard to know where to recycle ...

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.

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

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has flagged gaps in the management of electronic-waste (e-waste) across the country, noting that 17 States and UTs — including Delhi — did not currently ...