Harvesting the valuable materials locked away in this waste stream could generate some $95 billion in reusable resources.
In the corner of my basement sits a dusty Rubbermaid bin crammed with a decade’s worth of outdated and obsolete electronics, otherwise known as e-waste. It’s a tangle of cords, cables, clickers, ...
Global electronic waste volumes are reaching unprecedented levels annually, according to national e-waste knowledge hub WEEE are SA. In 2022, e-waste reached 62-million tonnes – an 82% increase ...
This is what to do with your cell phones, tablets, and computers.
Discarded computers await new life through recycling. Circuit boards contain small amounts of precious and semiprecious metals valuable to recyclers. (Photos by Gwen Mickelson) When Steve Goldie looks ...