(CNN) — 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 ...

The topic of e-waste has come under the spotlight with the arrival of Circular Electronics Day, aiming to shine a light on the continued levels of IT equipment that is dumped in landfill. The calendar ...

The Humane Ai Pin promised to be the next big thing in wearable tech but the device failed to attract users, becoming instead a poster child for AI's contribution to the global e-waste problem. The ...

Addressing the Growing E-Waste Challenge The issue of electronic waste (e-waste) is escalating in India, prompting ...

E-waste is a rapidly growing problem, with discarded electronics containing valuable metals that are largely unrecovered. Scientists have discovered bacteria capable of extracting precious metals like ...

In the dark corners of your attic shelves or the depths of your desk drawers likely sits a collection of defunct laptops, cameras, and gaming consoles. The phone you may be reading this on will ...

Engineer turned social entrepreneur Sabri Cheriha hunches over a washing machine at a small depot in a suburb of Tunisia's capital, the unassuming home of a startup he launched to tackle the country's ...

Women could be paying the highest price for Kenya's growing plastic recycling industry as hazardous chemicals from discarded electronic waste are finding their way into everyday products such as baby ...

At a junkyard in Lagos, many people were rummaging through piles of discarded electrical equipment. For 38-year-old Malaia and many others like her, this electronic waste is not only a source of ...

India's growing electronic waste problem may have found a home-grown solution. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed an indigenous pilot plant that can safely recover ...

Leaders in Canada's consumer electronics and information technology industries have joined forces to find environmentally-friendly solutions for the growing problem of what to do with electronics ...