As global e-trash accelerates, informal waste economies have sprung up in many places, creating serious health hazards and questioning the usefulness of the Basel convention on controlling ...

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 ...

According to the U.N., e-waste is the world’s fastest-growing trash stream, and, as is common with a lot of rubbish, the developed world is exporting its problems. The flow of electronic waste from ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle ...

Reasons you shouldn't throw gadgets in the trash, and what to do instead Electronic waste (e-waste) is a serious environmental issue, since old electronics end up in landfills, leaking chemicals. Less ...

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 ...

U.N. agencies have warned about the escalating accumulation of electronic waste globally, coupled with declining recycling rates. This waste, known as "e-waste," encompasses discarded devices with ...

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 in 2024, ...

HANOI – Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, ...

Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle ...