E-Waste Recycling and Environmental Impact

Around 50,000 people, many of them children, spend hours recovering gold, copper, and platinum from…

India’s metals major Hindalco has been active in the railways sector and has already commercialised…

Over 250 desktops and 200 motherboards, cables, 15,000 rivets and more than 9,000 screws -- no, thi…

Microsoft's decision to end support for Windows 10 could turn 240 million personal computers into e…

Discarded electronics are the world's fastest-growing category of domestic waste and most devices a…

Only 17% of electronic waste gets recycled. E-recycler Sims Lifecycle Services is saving devices ma…

Apple leads the smartphone market in the overall approach towards sustainability, followed by Samsu…

A month-long campaign for the collection of e-waste from 120 cities across the country was launched…

In another boost to its sustainability effort, Samsung is now looking to increase the use of recycl…

The other countries high on the list are China, USA, Japan and Germany. India generates abou…

Some single-use batteries can go in the trash in most states but rechargeable batteries should alwa…

Bitcoin doesn't just use huge amounts of energy, the mining process also creates vast quantities of…

The study indicated that Bitcoin could produce as much as 64.4 metric kilotons of e-waste, ove…

Smartphones and electronic raw materials amounting to over ₹50 billion ($720 million) are stranded …

Countries like Australia, China and the United States produce most of the world’s e-waste, but it’s…

"[Customers] can now choose what to do with their old device: continue to use it, give it to a frie…

When electronic devices aren't properly recycled, the toxins they contain can cause serious health …

If you think device is broken and want to revive it, iFixit, a site led by home-repair advocate Kyl…

E-waste or electronic waste is broadly contributed by electrical or electronic devices, which are d…