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Electronics recycling industry to grow 23 percent
Increasing use of electronics will lead to a 23 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the global electronics recycling industry between 2013 and 2019. Recycling Today reported the prediction,...
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Taiwanese company turns e-waste into gold
Super Dragon Technology (SDTI) takes electronics waste and uses chemical and electrolysis processes to extract liquid gold from precious metals, which then becomes gold sand and is refined and formed...
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Indian e-waste producers “shirk” responsibilities
A report from Toxics Link found most OEMs “pay least or no attention” to e-waste management. Daily Pioneer reported on the report, Time to Reboot-II, from the environmental NGO (non-governmental...
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Indian e-waste growth set to explode
The country’s e-waste levels are expected to grow to 20 million metric tonnes by 2020. Times of India reported on the new prediction, which would see a huge growth from the current level of 3.2 million...
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Tracking reveals e-waste dumping
Toxic e-waste is “flowing off [U.S.] shores every day to substandard operations” Basel Action Network (BAN), an e-waste watchdog led by Executive Director Jim Puckett, has been tracking waste for two...
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Obama urged to curb e-waste exports
The Basel Action Network (BAN) called for the US President to sign an executive order banning e-waste exports to developing countries. US President Barack Obama The BAN, in a press release, urged...
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The cost of e-waste worldwide
An article discusses the growing threat of e-waste. So much of technology is made to be thrown away, reported The Atlantic, which is not good for either “consumers or the environment”. Companies like...
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Irish e-waste recycling firm expands
IT recycling company Wisetek is set to create 20 jobs in Ireland. Silicon Republic reported on Wisetek, which is “expanding its operations” outside of its base in Cork, Ireland “with the opening of a...
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GPS trackers to be used against e-waste dumping
The e-Stewards Electronic Recycling Certification (ERC) will use GPS to confirm that recyclers do not export hazardous e-waste. In a press release, the company – which is the “gold standard for...
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Greentec discusses e-waste recycling
The Canadian aftermarket company explained why e-waste recycling is important to its customers. In an article, What is e-waste recycling?, the company stated that “as we’re sure you’ve noticed...
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Chinese town recovering from e-waste dumping
The town of Guiyu was the dumping ground for US e-waste, but has now made a recovery. Postguam.com reported that for over 10 years, Lai Yun, an environmental activist, visited the town and saw the...
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Greentec discusses disposal of electronics
The recycler pointed out three things to think about when throwing out electronics. The company noted in an article that Christmas is a time when a lot of technology and electronics are replaced by new...
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Indian e-waste producers “shirk” responsibilities
A report from Toxics Link found most OEMs “pay least or no attention” to e-waste management. Daily Pioneer reported on the report, Time to Reboot-II, from the environmental NGO (non-governmental...
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Indian e-waste growth set to explode
The country’s e-waste levels are expected to grow to 20 million metric tonnes by 2020. Times of India reported on the new prediction, which would see a huge growth from the current level of 3.2 million...
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Tracking reveals e-waste dumping
Toxic e-waste is “flowing off [U.S.] shores every day to substandard operations” Basel Action Network (BAN), an e-waste watchdog led by Executive Director Jim Puckett, has been tracking waste for two...
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Obama urged to curb e-waste exports
The Basel Action Network (BAN) called for the US President to sign an executive order banning e-waste exports to developing countries. US President Barack Obama The BAN, in a press release, urged...
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The cost of e-waste worldwide
An article discusses the growing threat of e-waste. So much of technology is made to be thrown away, reported The Atlantic, which is not good for either “consumers or the environment”. Companies like...
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Irish e-waste recycling firm expands
IT recycling company Wisetek is set to create 20 jobs in Ireland. Silicon Republic reported on Wisetek, which is “expanding its operations” outside of its base in Cork, Ireland “with the opening of a...
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GPS trackers to be used against e-waste dumping
The e-Stewards Electronic Recycling Certification (ERC) will use GPS to confirm that recyclers do not export hazardous e-waste. In a press release, the company – which is the “gold standard for...
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Greentec discusses e-waste recycling
The Canadian aftermarket company explained why e-waste recycling is important to its customers. In an article, What is e-waste recycling?, the company stated that “as we’re sure you’ve noticed...
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