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e-waste

Are Amazon and Apple 'dodging responsibility' for the escalating e-waste crisis?
Are Amazon and Apple 'dodging responsibility' for the escalating e-waste crisis?

Environmental Audit Commitee argues electronic and retail giants need to join their brick and mortar rivals in contributing more to a circular economy, but the tech powerhouses insist they are leading efforts to tackle global e-waste mountain

  • Waste
  • 26 November 2020
Study: Electrical waste costing UK £370m in lost valuable raw materials each year
Study: Electrical waste costing UK £370m in lost valuable raw materials each year

Around 500,000 tonnes of valuable electricals lost, binned, hoarded or stolen in the UK last year, research suggests

  • Waste
  • 17 July 2020
Refurbished electronics website Back Market raises $120m investment
Refurbished electronics website Back Market raises $120m investment

French start-up secures backing from Goldman Sachs and others in bid to expand its marketplace for refurbished smartphones, laptops and tablets

  • Recycling
  • 06 May 2020
WEEE Fund unveils £5.6m Covid-19 support package for electrical waste recyling sector
WEEE Fund unveils £5.6m Covid-19 support package for electrical waste recyling sector

Up to £5m of interest-free loans for electrical waste treatment facilities and £600,000 of grants for charity-sector reuse organisations are now up for grabs

  • Waste
  • 30 April 2020
Aceleron to pilot recyclable batteries in electric quadbikes
Aceleron to pilot recyclable batteries in electric quadbikes

Developer teams up with Eco Charger to launch system designed to boost EV battery efficiency and reuse

  • Automotive
  • 26 March 2020
Green Alliance: Majority of Black Friday buys get binned
Green Alliance: Majority of Black Friday buys get binned

As annual shopping frenzy begins new research suggests 80 per cent of household plastics, textiles and electronics end up in landfill

  • Waste
  • 29 November 2019
O2 e-waste scheme passes three million phone milestone
O2 e-waste scheme passes three million phone milestone

Mobile network says it has stopped 450 tonnes of e-waste going to landfill

  • Technology
  • 29 October 2019
Ecodesign: Government seeks efficiency boost from electrical products
Ecodesign: Government seeks efficiency boost from electrical products

Consultation launched on plans to update UK ecodesign requirements for energy-related products such as fridges, washing machines, lighting and computer servers

  • Policy
  • 05 September 2019
Fairphone unveils latest ethical smartphone model
Fairphone unveils latest ethical smartphone model

Company says the Fairphone 3 is produced using responsibly-sourced, conflict-free, recyclable, and Fairtrade materials

  • Technology
  • 27 August 2019
MPs to probe problem of e-waste in face of mounting crisis
MPs to probe problem of e-waste in face of mounting crisis

The UK is one of Europe's worst offenders for illegally exporting electronic waste to developing countries

  • Policy
  • 27 June 2019
New online data portal gathers forces to combat e-waste
New online data portal gathers forces to combat e-waste

New portal from the Global E-Waste Statistics Partnership visualises data on the amount of e-waste generated and treated by country and by region

  • Waste
  • 06 June 2019
UK computer recycler teams up with Danish IT firm to launch 'carbon neutral laptop'
UK computer recycler teams up with Danish IT firm to launch 'carbon neutral laptop'

Circular Computing's recycled ex-lease laptops to be sold in Denmark through collaboration with Elitecom

  • IT
  • 17 May 2019
Toxic chemicals discovered in African eggs gathered from e-waste dumpsite
Toxic chemicals discovered in African eggs gathered from e-waste dumpsite

New research suggests illegal dumpsites in Ghana exposing local populations to toxic chemicals

  • Waste
  • 29 April 2019
Global Briefing: Kale United takes stake in vegan pea pioneer
Global Briefing: Kale United takes stake in vegan pea pioneer

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green business headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 26 April 2019
E-waste fraudster ordered to pay back £1.3m
E-waste fraudster ordered to pay back £1.3m

Terry Soloman Dugbo is currently serving more than seven years in prison for e-waste crimes

  • Legislation
  • 11 February 2019
Seven UN agencies join forces to call for action on e-waste
Seven UN agencies join forces to call for action on e-waste

Global electronics industry needs to press reset button to curb world's e-waste mountain, UN argues

  • Waste
  • 24 January 2019
'Severe problem': EU e-waste illegally shipped to Nigera, major study reveals
'Severe problem': EU e-waste illegally shipped to Nigera, major study reveals

Tens of thousands of tonnes of electrical waste is being shipped to Nigeria in clear breach of international rules

  • Waste
  • 20 April 2018
How smartphones are heating up the planet
How smartphones are heating up the planet

Smart phones are rarely recycled and that's just one reason tech devices are increasing our carbon footprints, says Lotfi BelkhiR from McMaster University

  • IT
  • 27 March 2018
Fairphone and Apple top green electronics league table
Fairphone and Apple top green electronics league table

Greenpeace says its rankings show big names such as Samsung and Amazon must demonstrate 'greater ambition' on renewables, resource use and hazardous chemicals

  • Supply chain
  • 17 October 2017
E-waste: A growing problem with investment opportunities
E-waste: A growing problem with investment opportunities

Liontrust's Mike Appleby spots the investment potential from the world's growing e-waste mountain

  • Waste
  • 04 October 2017
iMend: Repairing technology can help the planet as well as your business' bottom line
iMend: Repairing technology can help the planet as well as your business' bottom line

To tackle the growing e-waste challenge we need to start thinking differently about technology

  • Waste
  • 02 June 2017

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