Electronic waste, or e-waste, can’t just be thrown into the landfill like regular garbage. State law does not allow consumers ...
ENVIRONMENT Toxic e-waste pollutes entire towns overseas - so veteran techie vowed to revolutionize the way we dump our outdated electronics After two decades in the software business with companies ...
In the corner of my basement sits a dusty Rubbermaid bin crammed with a decade’s worth of outdated and obsolete electronics, otherwise known as e-waste. It’s a tangle of cords, cables, clickers, ...
In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – or e-waste. That’s enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 ...
How to recycle old phones and electronics – and why doing so is good for your wallet - Components such as steel, aluminum, copper, gold, silver, plastics and even glass, can be recovered and reused ...
What inspired you to bring the issue of e-waste to the forefront with the short film, Silicon Mountain? In 2013, my company engaged with a struggling client that opened our eyes to a hidden mountain ...
If you haven’t already heard, e-waste is a pretty big deal. Not only is it widespread, but it’s also a significant problem that has been ongoing for decades — and sees little chance of being solved as ...
One person's e-waste is another person's homelab.
As digital consumption grows and e-waste mounts, burden of managing that waste falls on workers with little protection.