As a Finnish citizen and a member of the electronic waste recycling industry in Malaysia, I feel compelled to respond to Michael Soh’s letter titled “Hypocritical to label Malaysia a dumping ground ...

In most parts of the world, underground water is not drinkable directly. Long ago, people simply used to draw up water from wells and drink it. But now, you have to use some sort of filter to purify ...

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 ...

E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t ...

NEW DELHI: In a bid to stimulate the recently-notified Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework, an incentive program including green credits to electronic equipment manufacturers and e-waste ...

Sweden stands as one of the world’s most efficient nations in waste management, driven by the principle that "there is no such thing as waste, only resources out of place." This philosophy has been ...

The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. Maybe you’ll drop it in water, or your dog will make a chew toy of it, or it’ll reach obsolescence. If you can’t repair it ...

Globally, the amount of e-waste produced in 2022 was 62 million metric tonnes, which is predicted to rise to 82 million metric tonnes by 2030 India in 2022 introduced a new e-waste regulation, ...