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Tech Dump provides new purpose

Tech Dump provides new purpose

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...
New plastic e-waste recycling progress

New plastic e-waste recycling progress

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...
Making art from e-waste

Making art from e-waste

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...
Singapore to manage e-waste

Singapore to manage e-waste

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...