In March 2024, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) Global E-Waste Monitor report found 62 million metric tons of mobile phones and devices were dumped on the planet ...

Every obsolete device you throw away, every broken gadget, and every new electronic you acquire eventually becomes e-waste. According to the World Health Organization, electronic waste is one of the ...

According to the U.N., e-waste is the world's fastest-growing trash stream, and, as is common with a lot of rubbish, the developed world is exporting its problems. The flow of electronic waste from ...

(CNN) — As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released ...

According to a study published in Nature Computational Science (via Rest of World), the rapid rise of AI could add between 1.2 to 5 million metric tons of e-waste by 2030. The reason is pretty simple.

Enterprise tech is a major contributor to the e-waste problem, and IT leaders are key to addressing it. The number of devices slated for enterprise use is, in part, what's driving the growing amount ...

Technology has become an essential part of everyday life. We rely on smartphones to communicate, laptops to work, tablets to entertain us, and countless other electronic devices to make daily tasks ...

New Zealand generates an estimated 99,000 tonnes of e-waste each year; only around 2% enters formal, trackable recycling ...

Discarded electronic waste containing earth minerals is overtaking landfills globally at an alarming rate as much of the tech industry and enterprises kick the disposal problem to the curb. Meanwhile, ...

This article is authored by Keyur Shah, Group Strategy Officer, Servify.

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