Mark Small has a radical solution for dealing with the glut of old computers, cell phones, DVDs and other electronic waste: mining. Rather than allowing electronic junk to simply amass in landfills, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In a world filled with electronic gadgets, it’s easy to forget what happens to old devices. Fortunately, organizations like the e-opala Computer Recycling Center and ʻŌlelo ...

Vollebak, a company at the core of sustainable clothing innovation, targets time itself with a new prototype, the Garbage Watch. While the Garbage Watch’s name may sound questionable, it fits given ...

How often do you purchase a new electronic device, such as a smartphone or a TV? Smartphone sales alone have reached an estimated 1.535 billion units worldwide, annually. This means that 1.535 billion ...

The digital age has brought unprecedented convenience, but it also comes with a growing environmental cost: electronic waste. Global e-waste reached 62 million tons in 2022 and is projected to hit ...

Electronic scrap recycling is hardly new – but real change in how we recover metals from our discarded electronics has been far slower to arrive. The problem isn’t whether it can be done. Smelters ...

All electronic and electrical devices used in the digital age that are broken, outdated, or have been discontinued are ...

Yet much of it still is waiting to enter the e-waste stream because so many people and businesses are storing old monitors and computers until they decide what to do with their obsolete electronic ...

Adsorption—not alchemy—can transform waste into recycled gold. A protein sponge made from food waste recovers gold from e-waste, creating high-purity nuggets (Adv. Mater. 2024, DOI: ...