A team of scientists from Flinders University have developed a method to extract gold from ore and e-waste using ...

The tragic costs of e-waste 12:04. We think a lot about where products come from when we buy them, less so about where they go when we're finished. When we throw things away, this is "away ...

A new gold extraction method turns old electronics into treasure using pool disinfectant and sunlight — no poisons required.

Many electronic items you use daily, including your laptops, chargers, and smartphones, contain a tiny amount of gold. This ...

Only about 22% of e-waste is being formally collected and recycled today, according to the 2024 Global E-Waste Monitor. Much more is collected and recovered through informal systems, including in ...

NEW DELHI – Carrier’s Indian unit has filed a lawsuit against the Modi government over new electronic waste (e-waste) ...

In 2022, the world generated 62 million metric tons of electronic waste, also known as “e-waste,” according to the United Nations Global E-waste Monitor released Wednesday.

The complexity of e-waste, though, makes it expensive to process. As the chart above shows, even an ambitious scenario of a formal e-waste collection rate in 2030 is 44 percent.

E-waste's impact on Earth. The U.N. report says that unmanaged e-waste "has a direct impact on the environment and people's health." This type of waste is known to have toxic substances, including ...

Amidst a global trend of tech purchases in 2020 due to the pandemic, Africa continues to grapple with the issue of imported electronic waste. In Rwanda, a focus on sustainability at Enviroserve ...

As e-waste reaches alarming levels, the need for sustainable practices is more urgent than ever. Merely destroying devices worsens the crisis, endangering both the environment and human health.

For years, a site called Agbogbloshie in Accra was one of the largest e-waste processing sites in Africa, getting 15,000 tons of discarded phones, computers and other used electronics each year.