E-waste management in Bangladesh is currently a victim of weak policy and systemic disorder. Approximately 97% of e-waste is processed informally due to the lack of good governance, a Transparency ...

International E-Waste Day, celebrated annually on October 14, raises awareness about the growing problem of electronic waste and promotes responsible e-waste management, with a focus on recovering ...

Despite the threats that improper handling of hazardous waste, particularly electronic waste (e-waste), poses to human health ...

The proliferation of e-waste, or electronic waste, has become a pressing global issue with significant environmental and health implications. E-waste refers to discarded products with a battery or ...

Your smartphone begins life neatly packed into a well-designed box. Chances are it will end its days in a more ignominious manner. Assuming it doesn’t end up rattling around in a junk drawer, it will ...

Nepal generated 42,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste in 2023, up from 13,000 tons in 2013. All photos: SUMAN NEPALI A New York Times report this week on Nepal’s electric vehicle boom was ...

Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), along with Madurai district administration in collaboration with E Cycle Solutions Private Limited, Chennai, is to organise a mass e-waste collection drive ...

Bangladesh’s hazardous waste, particularly electronic waste (e-waste), is being managed amid serious governance failures, as authorities have largely failed to enforce existing laws, according to a ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines household hazardous waste (HHW) as any unwanted household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. Examples of ...

An electronic waste (e-waste) recycling pilot project has been introduced, to address the “growing crisis” of e-waste management in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The pilot was launched ...