From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of ...

That’s according to a new study in Nature Sustainability that projects a dramatic increase in the amount and complexity of U.S. waste electronics in the decade ahead. If not properly recycled, this ...

In a new report released this week, the United Nations said the amount of electronics waste worldwide is growing even as efforts to recycle it may be falling even further behind targets. The Global ...

Among the most important reasons to make a recycling push is the fact that new electronic devices require much of the same type of metal as previous devices. Things like lithium, palladium, and copper ...

All electronic and electrical devices used in the digital age that are broken, outdated, or have been discontinued are ...

Submitted by Cisco Systems, Inc. Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2022 winners have been officially announced, you’ll want to learn more about each winning team and the story behind ...

Discarded electronics are the world's fastest-growing category of domestic waste and most devices aren't easy to recycle.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Dam Chan Nguyen saves dead and dying computers. When he first started working two decades ago in Nhat Tao market, Ho Chi Minh City’s biggest informal recycling market, he ...