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Macau sees e-waste collection soar
Copyright: www.bbc.com A trial scheme run in the Special Administrative Region is already bearing fruit, only three months in. The e-waste collection and recycling trial scheme run by Macau’s...
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Kenya’s e-waste crisis
An article in the Daily Nation reveals the extent of the environmental and health hazards being caused by Kenya’s growing levels of e-waste. As the country becomes increasingly reliant on technology,...
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Free e-waste recycling returns to Washington?
(Picture: www.bbc.com) The American town is exploring a proposal that would end the current charges for e-waste recycling. Washington Township in Pennsylvania is considering bringing free electronics...
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Singapore to regulate e-waste
The city state is due to bring in new legislation to reduce the e-waste output of the island nation. The Singaporean Government is set to introduce new regulations aimed at tackling and reducing...
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Turning e-waste into community gold
(Credit: Te Awamutu Courier) A social enterprise located near the New Zealand town of Te Awamutu is transforming the community’s unwanted e-waste into something valuable. The town is hosting an e-waste...
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Singapore to manage e-waste
(Credit: www.bbc.com) The South-East Asian country’s Government has revealed proposals to bring in a mandatory system in the next four years. Singapore’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources...
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Making art from e-waste
Benjamin Von Wong atop the e-waste (Credit: Von Wong, via Fstoppers.) Artist Benjamin Von Wong is using his art to highlight the problem of e-waste, in the hope of inspiring people to make more effort...
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Canon highlights Nigerian e-waste problem
The OEM has declared that the management of e-waste is a growing problem in Nigeria, but insists it has a range of strategies which will help combat the issue. The Nation Online reports that the...
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New plastic e-waste recycling progress
B.K. Sharma and Sriraam Chandrasekaran of the ISTC. (Credit: L. Brian Stauffer via phys.org) A recent development may help solve the recycling industry’s problem with mixed polymer blend plastics. A...
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Tech Dump provides new purpose
A Minnesota enterprise is tackling the problem of e-waste, and it’s not just old printers and hardware that it’s giving a second chance to. Despite the name, nothing taken to Tech Dump, which has three...
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UN bodies collaborate on e-waste
A range of organisations within the United Nations have co-signed a Letter of Intent, which it is hoped will pave the way for greater collaboration and coordination on the management of e-waste. The...
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Economic sense in urban mining
Researchers from Beijing’s Tsinghua University, in collaboration with those from Macquarie University, in Sydney, have discovered that recovering metals from e-waste is economically sensible. From a...
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Applause for Ireland’s e-waste collection
Ireland’s WEEE scheme is receiving plaudits, with its e-waste collection rate being hailed as a ‘success story.’ According to an article in The Irish Times, the Emerald Isle boasts “a good rate of...
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Is Thailand the new China?
Following Beijing’s ban on importing waste, fears have been raised of a spike in e-waste being dumped in Thailand instead. The Basel Action Network, a Seattle-based charitable organisation dedicated to...
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New Zealand tackles e-waste issue
(Credit: www.bbc.com) The Pacific nation’s Associate Environment Minister has announced a funding injection to increase recycling efforts and prevent landfill. Eugenie Sage has announced that the...
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The hidden cost of e-waste
(Credit: www.bbc.com) An article has criticised the devastating effects of wasteful electronics production on the environment, and suggested more needs to be done to promote reuse, rather than just...
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Swiss success in e-waste collection
The population of Switzerland returned nearly 130,000 tonnes of e-waste in 2017, a slight drop in total weight but a rise in the number of devices. According to CE Today, the amount of WEEE returned...
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The implications of Open Scope WEEE
On August the 15th, products covered by the WEEE directive move from a closed scope to an open scope; but what does this mean, and what will it mean for producers? In a new post by WEEELogic, the...
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Restrictions tighten on Asia waste imports
The latest knock-on effect of China’s waste import ban is set to be felt, with market realignment in neighbouring nations expected to place further restrictions on plastic scrap exporters....
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Nepal faces e-waste conundrum
The Nepalese capital of Kathmandu is beginning to reach crisis point as electronic waste stacks up and up. According to the Nepali Times, the Doko Recyclers warehouse in Sano Thimi is inundated with...
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