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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

  • IT
  • 04 October 2012
Will Apple's iPhone 5 launch a new era for e-waste recycling?
Will Apple's iPhone 5 launch a new era for e-waste recycling?

Discarded electronics are proving lucrative for US recycling companies

  • Recycling
  • 28 September 2012
UN urges businesses to tackle catastrophic chemical risks
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

  • Risk
  • 07 September 2012
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

  • Waste
  • 04 September 2012
Global e-waste market to top $1.8bn by 2017
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

  • Recycling
  • 29 August 2012
EU revamps e-waste rules with demanding new recovery targets

Beefed up WEEE directive promises five-fold increase in e-waste collections

  • Waste
  • 14 August 2012
Government offers grants to electronics miners

New £200,000 competition to fund feasibility studies into innovative approaches for extracting metals from eWaste

  • Recycling
  • 31 July 2012
Rare metal recycling offers multi-billion pound opportunity
Rare metal recycling offers multi-billion pound opportunity

Defra launches action plan to help businesses protect themselves from supply constraints

  • Risk
  • 16 March 2012
Listen carefully - it's time for greener hearing aids

  • Waste
  • 24 February 2012
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

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 07 February 2012
WEEE Directive beefs up EU IT recycling targets

But Computer Aid warns EU decision to promote recycling over refurbishment ignores environmental benefits

  • Waste
  • 24 January 2012
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

  • Solar
  • 28 December 2011
WRAP reveals multi-billion pound eWaste opportunity

New figures suggest precious metals contained in eWaste could top £7bn over next decade

  • Waste
  • 13 December 2011
WEEE Systems reveals plan to close e-waste loop

Ambitious startup maps out plan for new electronic recycling and reuse facility

  • Waste
  • 15 November 2011
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

  • Waste
  • 14 November 2011
Scots launch new funds for zero-waste carbon innovators
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

  • Waste
  • 06 October 2011
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

  • Waste
  • 05 October 2011
Litter to be replaced by noise pollution

  • Waste
  • 30 September 2011
O2: Consumers miss out on £762m a year due to recycling failure

Survey reveals about half of users fail to recycle old gadgets

  • Waste
  • 29 September 2011
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

  • Waste
  • 19 September 2011
US government flicks switch on green IT strategy
US government flicks switch on green IT strategy

New rules to ensure federal departments purchase energy efficient IT infrastructure and safely recycle old computers

  • Waste
  • 22 July 2011
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

  • Waste
  • 21 July 2011
WEEE Systems promises to tackle blue chips' e-waste woes

Company outlines ambitious plans to change image of waste industry's 'Sopranos'

  • Waste
  • 16 June 2011
UK flouting WEEE Directive as African e-waste dumping continues

New investigation warns flagship e-waste legislation is not being adequately enforced

  • Waste
  • 17 May 2011
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