Constant technological advancements make mobile devices redundant every few years The smartphone is a great example of technology leapfrog in countries like India, where a vast majority of phone users ...

Recyclers bring their e-waste to Marlboro Community Centre. Photo: Supplied With an aim to tackle the growing crisis of electronic waste, while creating jobs and restoring dignity to waste management, ...

When he was just 18 years old, Emmanuel Akatire traveled about 500 miles from his home in Zorko, Ghana, to Accra, the nation’s capital, to find the only work he could — sifting through vast piles of ...

Equipment used to train and run generative AI models could produce up to 5 million tons of e-waste by 2030, a relatively small but significant fraction of the global total. Generative AI could account ...

Hewlett-Packard is funding a project to investigate how electronic waste generated by African companies, as well as material from Western businesses that is dumped illegally, can be disposed of in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. A photo taken on September 27, 2022 shows a 6-metre-tall ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the German Development Cooperation, has introduced new standards for actors in Ghana’s electronic waste (e-waste) service chain under ...

Your smartphone begins life neatly packed into a well-designed box. Chances are it will end its days in a more ignominious manner. Assuming it doesn’t end up rattling around in a junk drawer, it will ...

Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies. With the holiday season fast approaching, parents around the world are deciding ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The world is undergoing rapid electronification and digital transformation, reshaping how we live. Many of us have numerous electronic devices around us at all times, from ...