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WEEE

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
Waste electricals: The next big environmental challenge?
Waste electricals: The next big environmental challenge?

Old electricals and electronics are the world's fastest growing waste stream, despite the many valuable metals they contain, explains Scott Butler from Material Focus

  • Waste
  • 17 July 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
Recolight CEO arrested in Extinction Rebellion protest
Recolight CEO arrested in Extinction Rebellion protest

Nigel Harvey, boss at recycling compliance operator Recolight, arrested in bid to highlight scale of climate emergency

  • Politics
  • 10 October 2019
Waste electronics: £3.5m boost for reuse and collection of small electricals
Waste electronics: £3.5m boost for reuse and collection of small electricals

WEEE Fund aims to make it easier for people to reuse small electricals which too often end up in bins or are recycled incorrectly

  • Waste
  • 16 August 2019
Time to tackle data security at the end of life
Time to tackle data security at the end of life

We need to foster a culture of data husbandry and security if we are to maintain consumer trust in the reuse and recycling of electronics

  • Waste
  • 03 April 2018
Brits sitting on toxic battery mountain
Brits sitting on toxic battery mountain

New 'Bring Back Heavy Metal' campaign warns households are hoarding 178 million batteries that should be disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner

  • Waste
  • 03 October 2017
SunPower and SolarWorld secure sky-high scores for environmental performance

Large solar PV makers come top in green rankings, as industry faces increasing pressure to improve environmental reporting record

  • Solar
  • 10 December 2015
WRAP launches €2.1m project to explore commercial opportunities of electronic waste recovery
WRAP launches €2.1m project to explore commercial opportunities of electronic waste recovery

EU-backed CRM Recovery project will research the economic potential of practices and processes that recover critical raw materials and precious metal

  • Waste
  • 14 October 2015
Are Africa's 'electronic graveyards' really to blame for Europe's e-waste problem?
Are Africa's 'electronic graveyards' really to blame for Europe's e-waste problem?

New report shows that exports account for just a small portion of mismanaged e-waste in European Union

  • Waste
  • 30 August 2015
UN: $19bn 'tsunami' of e-waste must be tackled

As much as 90 per cent of world's electronic waste is being illegally traded or dumped, UN Environment Programme warns

  • Waste
  • 12 May 2015
Global e-waste mountain costing economy $52bn a year

UN University report reveals almost 42 million tonnes of electronic and electrical equipment was thrown out last year

  • Waste
  • 20 April 2015
O2 scores with phone made from Twickenham grass

Prototype model designed to raise awareness of electronic waste and encourage more people to recycle their phones

  • R&D
  • 20 March 2015
How 125 million old smartphones are going to waste

Tapping into growing markets for used devices can drive revenues and reduce companies' carbon impact, Green Alliance study concludes

  • Recycling
  • 19 February 2015
UK among lamp recycling's leading lights

New industry figures show Germany is top EU state for lamp recycling, followed by UK and France

  • Recycling
  • 11 November 2014
Step up to renewable smartphone power

Phone users could charge up their batteries just by walking around

  • Technology
  • 16 October 2014
EU dials up plan for standardised phone chargers

Manufacturers likely to have to offer European customers a common charger from 2017

  • Technology
  • 17 March 2014
Landfill bans could save £2.5bn a year

Green Alliance report highlights benefit of extending restrictions on cars and mobile phones to food, clothes, wood, and plastic

  • Recycling
  • 27 March 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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