The microwaves rapidly heat the carbon in the e-waste—causing the carbon to react with the tiny specks of critical materials.

Our growing reliance on technology at home and in the workplace has raised the profile of e-waste. This consists of discarded electrical devices including laptops, smartphones, televisions ...

Equipment used to train and run generative AI models could produce up to 5 million tons of e-waste by 2030, a relatively small but significant fraction of the global total. Generative AI could ...

The chief executive officer of repair business iFixit crafts his own Christmas ornaments ... a nice bottle of whiskey any day over “some electronic gizmo that’s going to go in the drawer ...

New research finds that Canada's electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has more than tripled in the last two decades, the equivalent of filling the CN tower 110 times and generating close to a ...

Global e-waste has reached record levels, containing valuable metals like lithium, and is projected to increase dramatically by 2030, highlighting the need for improved recycling methods.

The Humane Ai Pin promised to be the next big thing in wearable tech but the device failed to attract users, becoming instead a poster child for AI's contribution to the global e-waste problem.

Sponsor Message 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 ...