by Owen Collins | Mar 23, 2018 | Around the Industry
A Minnesota enterprise is tackling the problem of e-waste, and it’s not just old printers and hardware that it’s giving a second chance to. Despite the name, nothing taken to Tech Dump, which has three locations across Minneapolis and St. Paul’s, is dumped. As KARE 11...
by Owen Collins | Mar 15, 2018 | Around the Industry
A recent development may help solve the recycling industry’s problem with mixed polymer blend plastics. A new study led by scientists at the Illinois Sustainability Technology Centre has suggested that mixed-plastic e-waste could prove a valuable source of reusable...
by Owen Collins | Mar 14, 2018 | Around the Industry
The OEM has declared that the management of e-waste is a growing problem in Nigeria, but insists it has a range of strategies which will help combat the issue. The Nation Online reports that the country generates more than 1.1 million tonnes of e-waste, due to its...
by Owen Collins | Mar 14, 2018 | Around the Industry
Artist Benjamin Von Wong is using his art to highlight the problem of e-waste, in the hope of inspiring people to make more effort to tackle the situation. In a partnership with Dell, Von Wong worked with fifty volunteers over ten days, to create a set of images using...
by Owen Collins | Mar 6, 2018 | Around the Industry
The South-East Asian country’s Government has revealed proposals to bring in a mandatory system in the next four years. Singapore’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) has announced plans to bring in a compulsory electrical and electronic waste...
