(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 ...

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Every year, people throw away billions of kilograms of old electronics. Broken phones, outdated laptops, damaged televisions ...

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 ...

Discarded electronic waste containing earth minerals is overtaking landfills globally at an alarming rate as much of the tech industry and enterprises kick the disposal problem to the curb. Meanwhile, ...

In a new report released this week, the United Nations said the amount of electronics waste worldwide is growing even as efforts to recycle it may be falling even further behind targets. The Global ...

In mobster parlance, to "waste" something is to get rid of it, hence the headline. Yet the question is vital, with millions of technological products currently going into landfill and polluting the ...

Whether it's for work, school or keeping up with friends and family, we all rely on electronic devices for our daily lives. It's likely you are reading this article from a device that uses a battery ...

Our growing reliance on technology at home and in the workplace has raised the profile of e-waste. This consists of discarded electrical devices including laptops, smartphones, televisions, computer ...

The continent continues to ship large volumes of e-waste to Europe and Asia, resulting in lost manufacturing and job creation ...

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 ...

Four members of the U.S. House of Representatives have created the Congressional E-Waste Working Group to work on standardizing national laws for the recycling and disposal of discarded electronic and ...