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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Beirut: Electronic waste or e-waste is a global challenge threatening the health of people and the planet. International organizations and climate advocates have been raising the red flag around this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

As the second largest e-waste processing area in West Africa, Ghana annually imports around 215,000 tonnes of second hand consumer electronics from abroad, particularly from Western Europe, and ...