by stefanie | Feb 16, 2018 | Around the Industry
The facility, which is located in Lagos State, has already begun processing the nation’s e-waste under the direction of Hinckley Recycling. As Daily Trust reports, the purpose of the facility is to “combat the problem of informal recycling of electronics which has...
by stefanie | Feb 8, 2018 | Around the Industry
Mint Innovation and Remarkit Solutions have inked a deal to build a factory dedicated to extracting valuable metals from e-waste. As the New Zealand Herald reports, the two companies have signed a deal which will lead to the building of a commercial facility “for...
by stefanie | Feb 7, 2018 | Around the Industry
The European Recycling Platform (ERP) has reached a significant milestone by collecting and treating more than 3 million tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) across Europe since its foundation in 2002. This number equals the amount of WEEE...
by stefanie | Jan 26, 2018 | Around the Industry
An Australian scientist has discovered a way of transforming the world’s rising levels of e-waste into a valuable product for use in 3D printing. As 3ders reports, Veena Sahajwalla, materials scientist at the University of New South Wales, “may have a viable solution”...
by stefanie | Jan 22, 2018 | Around the Industry
An inventor from Togo has constructed a 3D printer using recycled e-waste. 34-year old Togolese inventor, Afate Gnikou, created the printer in 2013, building it “entirely out of recycled electronic waste”, as Raluca Besliu of Scroll reports. Gnikou got the idea for...
