Electronic devices are deeply embedded in our lives, but what happens to your old smartphone or that antiquated laptop that no longer turns on? Odds are, they’re adding to the growing pile of ...

global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of health, environmental and climate problems, according to new analysis.

There is a risk of all kinds of materials entering, with traces of contamination,” says Héctor Manuel González of Asociación Civil Basura Cero, an e-waste recycling organization. What worries ...

A mere 4% of some metals essential for clean energy were recovered from e-waste. Mining these same metals, as well as improperly recycling used electronics, causes pollution and human health hazards.

The free Electronic Recycling event is an annual initiative ... non-profits and other groups who have a need for them, while items in bad shape are given to companies whose expertise lies in ...

Olympic Kiwanis Club member Tobin Standley, right, hands a piece of stereo equipment to Gerald Casasola for disposal during Saturday’s electronics recycling collection day in the parking lot at Port ...

Two Somerset County libraries will host electronics recycling events in May for those with laptops, computers, printers, monitors, cell phones, televisions and other electronic items they no ...

“I’ve come to some recycling efforts here before, but not with electronics,” she said during the city of Aurora’s free four-hour drive-thru electronics recycling event in the parking lot ...