by stefanie | Apr 9, 2018 | Around the Industry
De Bataaf, a Tiel-based school in Rivierenland, has emerged victorious in a competition that saw five local primary schools competing against each other to amass as much e-waste as possible between 12 March and 6 Aprl 2018. As Stad Buren reports, during the ‘race’...
by stefanie | Mar 19, 2018 | Around the Industry
In a recent interview published in the Financial Express, the CEO of Munich-based Reverse Logistics Group elaborates on the e-waste recycling campaign his firm has launched in India. “India is one of the worst impacted countries as approximately 18 lakh metric tonne...
by stefanie | Mar 15, 2018 | Around the Industry
The country’s health and safety think tank, HESAG, is calling for an integrated e-waste management system to help protect Ghana’s “critical ecological components”, GhanaWeb reports. As well as helping to preserve the nation’s “forests and future generation”, such a...
by stefanie | Mar 12, 2018 | Around the Industry
Nigeria’s new e-waste recycling facility has begun training workers in the informal sector, including scrap dealers and scavengers, in the processing of e-waste. Last month, The Recycler reported on the opening of Nigeria’s first dedicated e-waste recycling facility,...
by stefanie | Mar 1, 2018 | Around the Industry
A study funded by the country’s Environment Ministry has discovered that recycling sites are contaminating India’s metropolises. As the Hindustan Times reports, electronic waste recycling units are not sufficiently containing their discarded items, and as a result...
