All those old wires, cords, tablets, phones and other electronics aren't just taking up space in drawers and closets – they're also extensively covering the planet. A United Nations report released ...

Earth Day 2026 shows how the electronics industry is tackling e-waste while pushing cleaner energy and more sustainable ...

E-waste Production in Kilograms Per Capita: 23.4 Despite having a high e-waste production, Switzerland is one of the countries to have an established system of collecting and recycling electronics ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to ...

System installed by German equipment company handles two daily shifts of inbound material for Thommen Group subsidiary Immark AG. The Immark AG facility in Switzerland takes in end-of-life large and ...

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 host of ...

The 34 million tons of metals left in e-waste in 2022 would be worth $91 billion if extracted and reused, according to the UN’s International Telecommunication Union. (CN) — A new report from the ...

Ghana, Accra, Zongo Lane, Spring 2023. Zongo Lane is like an Alibaba cavern. Hundreds of small shops for all types of electronics components, modules, and general parts populate the narrow streets of ...

March 20 (UPI) --Electronic waste around the world is growing five times faster than documented efforts to recycle the material, leaving experts to call for urgent attention to the new source of ...

Reasons you shouldn't throw gadgets in the trash, and what to do instead Electronic waste (e-waste) is a serious environmental issue, since old electronics end up in landfills, leaking chemicals. Less ...

In this article, we will be taking a look at the 5 countries that produce the most e-waste in the world. If you wish to read our detailed analysis, you can move to 15 Countries That Produce the Most E ...