eWaste
How toxic is the iPhone 5?
Samsung comes top of a new ranking based on the concentration and presence of toxic chemicals in mobile phones
Will Apple's iPhone 5 launch a new era for e-waste recycling?
Discarded electronics are proving lucrative for US recycling companies
UN urges businesses to tackle catastrophic chemical risks
Major new report reveals poisoning from industrial and agricultural chemicals is contributing to over one million deaths a year
Businesses urged to back Environment Agency's waste crime crackdown
Major new report reveals three-fold increase in waste crime prosecutions, as businesses are urged to report suspicious waste management operators
Global e-waste market to top $1.8bn by 2017
Analysts Frost & Sullivan says sector has boomed post-slowdown and is set to grow 30 per cent
EU revamps e-waste rules with demanding new recovery targets
Beefed up WEEE directive promises five-fold increase in e-waste collections
Government offers grants to electronics miners
New £200,000 competition to fund feasibility studies into innovative approaches for extracting metals from eWaste
Rare metal recycling offers multi-billion pound opportunity
Defra launches action plan to help businesses protect themselves from supply constraints
O2 cuts off new mobile phone chargers in e-waste crackdown
Mobile phone giant sets 40 new green and socially responsible goals as part of Think Big Blueprint
WEEE Directive beefs up EU IT recycling targets
But Computer Aid warns EU decision to promote recycling over refurbishment ignores environmental benefits
Computer Aid logs on to solar to support African villages
Charity has raised funds for eight computing rooms made from used shipping containers and powered by solar panels
WRAP reveals multi-billion pound eWaste opportunity
New figures suggest precious metals contained in eWaste could top £7bn over next decade
WEEE Systems reveals plan to close e-waste loop
Ambitious startup maps out plan for new electronic recycling and reuse facility
WRAP: Old office kit offers lucrative re-use opportunity
Study finds that despite huge potential savings, most offices and households are failing to re-use old furniture and equipment
Scots launch new funds for zero-waste carbon innovators
Scotland moves closer to goal of zero-waste society with launch of two funds to promote improved packaging design and waste recovery technologies
EU seeks 85 per cent e-waste recycling target
MEPs vote for ambitious package of reforms designed to push European Council to agree to more demanding e-waste targets
O2: Consumers miss out on £762m a year due to recycling failure
Survey reveals about half of users fail to recycle old gadgets
Businesses unsure over legal e-waste disposal
Computer Aid survey reveals a fifth of companies do not know if their old computers have ended up in landfill
US government flicks switch on green IT strategy
New rules to ensure federal departments purchase energy efficient IT infrastructure and safely recycle old computers
EU intensifies crackdown on hazardous electronics
Wide array of electronic devices and spare parts to face stringent new rules on use of heavy metals and dangerous chemicals
WEEE Systems promises to tackle blue chips' e-waste woes
Company outlines ambitious plans to change image of waste industry's 'Sopranos'
UK flouting WEEE Directive as African e-waste dumping continues
New investigation warns flagship e-waste legislation is not being adequately enforced
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