Easier and cheaper extraction of gold from old tech could boost the financial incentive to safely recycle, and keep toxic ...

Tuesday is Earth Day, and this year, a major focus is on reducing e-waste. Millions of tons of electronic waste are generated ...

The stash of old cell phones in your sock drawer is a symptom of a growing challenge: what to do with electronic waste.

E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the emerging as well as the developed regions. The reduced life spans of electrical, electronic, and consumer electronic devices are generating ...

A record 62 million tons of electronic waste was produced in 2022, up 82 percent from 2010, according to the United Nations. And there is a market for those who want to buy second-hand.

Dignity Health says that in 2024, they reprocessed 77 tons of medical devices, recycled more than 1,400 tons of cardboard, ...

As society catches up with the times and quickly adapts to the latest and greatest tech, what happens to the flip phones and bulk television sets that get left behind ...

South Korean electronics giants LG and Samsung have filed lawsuits against the Indian government, contesting a new e-waste recycling policy that mandates higher payouts to formal recyclers. The case, ...

Alireza Abbaspourrad, an associate professor of food chemistry and ingredient technology at Cornell University, says there's more gold in a ton of electronic waste than in a ton of ore mined from ...