A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter of it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation in the first 'Mann Ki Baat' programme of 2023. It is also the 97th edition of his monthly radio broadcast. The prime minister said that ...

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

From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a ...

From cell phones to freezers, e-waste is trashing the planet – and a new report says the world isn't doing enough to stop it from getting worse.

Businesses, in their bid to safeguard data privacy, contribute significantly to the e-waste crisis.

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.

The project, called E-Waste in Ghana: Tracing Transboundary Flows, which won this year's Fondation Carmignac photojournalism award, aims to capture both the positive and negative aspects of e-waste.

Mountains of electronic waste, from discarded computers to dumped phones, is piling up worldwide, United Nations agencies have warned. E-waste is any discarded product with a plug or a battery and ...

The product promised to be the next big thing in wearable tech. Instead it became a poster child for AI's contribution to the global e-waste problem.

Nearly $57 billion of rare metals and raw materials get thrown away every year in the form of electronic waste. But what counts as e-waste might surprise you.