An increasing amount of electronic waste is not being properly disposed of but is often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can ...

Key market opportunities in the e-waste recycling and reuse services industry include increasing enforcement of e-waste regulations, investments in automated technologies, and urban mining expansion.

Ghana, Accra, Zongo Lane, Spring 2023. Zongo Lane is like an Alibaba cavern. Hundreds of small shops for all types of electronics components, modules, and general parts populate the narrow streets of ...

Germany-based Stadler Group, with North American offices in Colfax, North Carolina, has commissioned what the company describes as the world’s first fully automated waste sorting plant in late 2015.

Corporate responsibility today goes far beyond profit margins and shareholder value. Enterprises are increasingly embracing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to create ...

In the corner of my basement sits a dusty Rubbermaid bin crammed with a decade’s worth of outdated and obsolete electronics, otherwise known as e-waste.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, ...