Chances are you toss out your old electronic devices once you get a new one, but components of that outdated piece of ...

(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 ...

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 2010, an estimated 7 million used and scrap computers were exported from the U.S., says Eric Williams, associate professor in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many otherwise-usable devices, such as Windows 10-powered PCs and older-model Kindles, are being thrown in the trash – here’s ...

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 ...

Kenya is grappling with an electronic waste crisis, with the latest survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) showing that the country generated 55,956 tonnes of e-waste in 2025. Of ...

A giant elk sculpture built from discarded electrical items took centre stage at the Kaleidoscope festival in County Wicklow, ...