The digital age has brought unprecedented convenience, but it also comes with a growing environmental cost: electronic waste. Global e-waste reached 62 million tons in 2022 and is projected to hit ...

The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. Maybe you’ll drop it in water, or your dog will make a chew toy of it, or it’ll reach obsolescence. If you can’t repair it ...

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t ...

Discover how India and South Africa are confronting the urgent challenge of e-waste, the fastest-growing waste stream ...

Jack Cartwright explores the material value hidden in the UK’s discarded electronics and the carbon savings that proper ...

Henry Gabriel, Honolulu’s Recycling Program Branch Chief, joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the City’s plan to provide designated drop-off locations for electronic waste, a Hawaii ...

We think a lot about where products come from when we buy them, less so about where they go when we're finished. When we throw things away, this is "away": mountains of garbage across acres of land, ...

When the latest upgrades come in, old and unused electronics like cell phones and laptops end up out of sight and out of mind. Whether they’re kept in a drawer or thrown away in regular trash bins, ...

As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released last year ...

Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies. With the holiday season fast approaching, parents around the world are deciding ...

Nepal generated 42,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste in 2023, up from 13,000 tons in 2013. All photos: SUMAN NEPALI A New York Times report this week on Nepal’s electric vehicle boom was ...