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Every year, the world produces over 40 million tons of e-waste; discarded electronic components that are filled with valuable metals and thousands of harmful toxins. It's quickly becoming a looming…

An electric-car battery can weigh thousands of pounds. As more electric cars hit the road, the race is on to find a sustainable way to deal with these batteries once…

Powerful greenhouse gases lurk inside most refrigerators. One recycling company in Guatemala City is working to keep them out of the atmosphere. Its work is partially funded by carbon offset…

This video shows a unique way to recover pure 24 carat gold from electronics scrap, although it's done overseas somewhere and most certainly not to Australian standards. Although it's an…

It’s estimated that the amount of e-waste generated last year was more than 57m tonnes. Phone recycling is on the rise, but most handsets still end up in landfill sites,…

With demand for electric batteries sky high, mining companies are making their move on the salt flats of the Andes, where over half of the world's known reserves of lithium…

About 6.9 million metric tons of e-waste was produced in the U.S. alone in 2019. That's about the same weight as 19 Empire State Buildings. Of that, only about 15%…

Only 17% of electronic waste is recycled. That’s because devices aren’t designed to be recycled. They’re full of tiny, toxic materials that are hard and expensive to break down. But…

Gold-rush atmosphere in the recycling industry, waste as an economic engine. Every year, 40 million metric tons of waste end up in the trash cans of German households. Thanks to…

One way to tackle e-waste is to repair devices rather than throw them out. More companies are doing just that, from recycling solar modules to renting out second-hand smartphones. Their…