by Owen Collins | Apr 23, 2018 | Around the Industry
Ireland’s WEEE scheme is receiving plaudits, with its e-waste collection rate being hailed as a ‘success story.’ According to an article in The Irish Times, the Emerald Isle boasts “a good rate of recovery on electronic waste”, owing to the introduction of its WEEE...
by Owen Collins | Apr 10, 2018 | Around the Industry
Researchers from Beijing’s Tsinghua University, in collaboration with those from Macquarie University, in Sydney, have discovered that recovering metals from e-waste is economically sensible. From a sustainability perspective, the environmental benefits of recovery...
by Owen Collins | Mar 26, 2018 | Around the Industry
A range of organisations within the United Nations have co-signed a Letter of Intent, which it is hoped will pave the way for greater collaboration and coordination on the management of e-waste. The signatories included bodies such as: UN Environment; United Nations...
by Owen Collins | Mar 23, 2018 | Around the Industry
A Minnesota enterprise is tackling the problem of e-waste, and it’s not just old printers and hardware that it’s giving a second chance to. Despite the name, nothing taken to Tech Dump, which has three locations across Minneapolis and St. Paul’s, is dumped. As KARE 11...
by Owen Collins | Mar 15, 2018 | Around the Industry
A recent development may help solve the recycling industry’s problem with mixed polymer blend plastics. A new study led by scientists at the Illinois Sustainability Technology Centre has suggested that mixed-plastic e-waste could prove a valuable source of reusable...
