From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of ...

All electronic and electrical devices used in the digital age that are broken, outdated, or have been discontinued are ...

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, ...

Why are we asking this now? Because yesterday the UN issued a new report on electronic waste, highlighting the danger from "rocketing" sales of mobile phones, PCs and electronic appliances, in the ...

"I was a kid of the early 80s, when electronic items were quite expensive and were supposed to last for ages." Francesco Calo has been learning how to fix his broken TV at a repair event in Tooting, ...

As the production of electronic devices continues to grow, so does the demand for the minerals required to make them. However, countries like the US depend heavily on foreign supply chains to get ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Here’s an uncomfortable question. How many electronic devices have you bought in the past five years? Maybe ...

At an industrial site in eastern Thailand, Thitipas Choddaechachainun sifts through mounds of scrap metal, circuit boards and old computer keyboards in a cavernous warehouse beside a busy highway.

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Monday morning, and a sorry bunch of tangled cables, a broken coffee machine and a single clip-on light is all there is inside the metal crates at Veolia, a noisy recycling depot where residents of ...