With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

Smart packaging offers new capabilities, but embedded electronics raise concerns over recyclability and electronic waste.

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The World Economic Forum recently reported that global electronic waste (e-waste) generation has exceeded 65 million tons annually.

Enterprise tech is a major contributor to the e-waste problem, and IT leaders are key to addressing it. The number of devices slated for enterprise use is, in part, what's driving the growing amount ...

A nontoxic separation process recovers critical minerals from electronic scrap waste. There's some irony in the fact that devices that seem indispensable to modern life -- mobile phones, personal ...

A new method for recovering high-purity gold from discarded electronics is paying back US$50 for every dollar spent, according to researchers – who found the key gold-filtering substance in ...

In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – or e-waste. That’s enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, and other consumer or industrial electronics that are no longer functional or needed. These ...

Following a successful pilot campaign that diverted over 21 tonnes of electronic waste, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is formalizing a partnership to establish regular, city-wide e-waste ...