World “losing the battle” against electronic waste, UN finds
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The world is losing the battle against electronic waste, a UN expert said on Wednesday, after a report found 62 million metric tons of mobile phones and devices were dumped on the planet in just one year – and this is expected to increase by a third by 2030. Electronic waste, also […]
“It’s our stuff”: Consumers wage right-to-repair revolution
CAREY L BIRON and UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the growing push to address the mounting e-waste problem around the world…
A Sustainable Life: Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia
In an article first published on The Conversation, DEEPIKA MATHUR, of Australia’s Charles Darwin University, and IMRAN MUHAMMAD, of Massey University in New Zealand, look at why prematurely removing solar panels and throwing them away is such a problem…
World’s e-waste “unsustainable”, says UN report citing China, India and US
New Delhi, India/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Across the river from Delhi’s Red Fort, the grim neighbourhood of Seelampur lives off what consumers in the modern world throw away – their broken or obsolete electronic and electrical goods. Home to one of the world’s largest markets for e-waste, Seelampur exemplifies the challenge highlighted in a UN-led report released […]
The big chill: How Africa is moving to battle ‘zombie’ appliances
PEYTON FLEMING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to curb the flow of discarded electronic appliances into Africa…
REPAIR, REFURBISH, REUSE: CALL TO ARMS FOR ELECTRONICS GIANTS
SARAH SHEARMAN reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation…