UB engineering researcher Nirupam Aich set out to study the hazards of electronic waste recycling after learning about illegal shipments of this waste from developed countries, such as the United ...

Bangladesh’s discarded electronic goods have grown into an estimated Tk6,000 crore annual trading market, yet the country ...

Electronic waste recycling and metal recovery represent critical strategies in addressing the dual challenges of resource scarcity and environmental degradation. As global electronics consumption ...

2022 International E-waste Day slogan: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’ Despite world-leading e-waste management, ~30% of Europe’s stock of mobile phones no longer used; Most are long hoarded ...

Think for a minute about your personal electronics. No, not the computer or tablet or smartphone that you are using right now. Think instead about all the DVD players, phones, keyboards, chargers, TV ...

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 ...

In a nutshell: Electronic devices have never been more pervasive in society than they are today. That means we're creating a lot of electronic waste. According to the UN, the rate at which it's being ...