An initiative from the United Nations Environment Programme sought "to mainstream and disseminate environmentally sound management of e-waste in developing countries." ...

E-waste workers — many of whom are children, the team found — are at risk of exposure to over 1,000 harmful chemicals, according to the World Health Organization, including lead, mercury and ...

"I hate when companies waste perfectly good hardware." Onlooker perplexed after uncovering infuriating discovery inside ...

Mounting Electronic Waste Poses Major Threat to Environment, Health Published Nov 28, 2014 at 1:32 PM EST Updated Mar 07, 2016 at 2:16 PM EST ...

The growing volume of electronic waste, including discarded products with a battery or plug, such as mobile phones, laptops, televisions, refrigerators and electrical toys, poses a major threat to the ...

Changes can be made in IT departments to reduce corporate e-waste and introduce Green IT solutions that reduce the negative impact IT operations have on the environment. As Shash Anand, SOTI’s ...

The city, with a population of 150,000, receives some 15,000 metric tons of waste every day. In addition to devastating effects on the environment, the massive quantities of electronic waste are ...

Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, Livelihoods in risk: exploring health and environmental implications of e-waste recycling as a livelihood strategy in Ghana, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 51, ...

This is equivalent to 7.8kg per capita per year and up 82% from 2010. As one of the world’s fastest growing waste streams, e-waste generation is projected to reach 82 million metric tons by 2030.

About 50 million tons of e-waste is generated each year and only 20% of that is recycled. Most of the remaining 80% ends up in a landfill where it can become an environmental problem.

For instance, end-of-life electrical waste, or e-waste, can be hazardous if people do not dispose of it correctly. This is because the products release toxins. However, according to a paper from ...

Build our recycling base. Our recycling infrastructure is woefully inadequate. We hurled 3.2 million tons of e-waste into our own landfills in 1997, a figure that could quadruple in a few years, says ...