As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released last year ...

It's a bad time to be a PC hobbyist. Hardware prices, especially memory and storage, have spiked in recent months due to AI demand, and the fallout is extending to a lot of other PC components. This ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) is a serious environmental issue, since old electronics end up in landfills, leaking chemicals. Less than 20 percent of e-waste is appropriately recycled. Important: Do you ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Dam Chan Nguyen saves dead and dying computers. When he first started working two decades ago in Nhat Tao market, Ho Chi Minh City’s biggest informal recycling market, he ...

A Ph.D. researcher may have cracked a code that could ultimately benefit businesses, consumers, and public health — and his lucrative quest is just beginning. William Sheard discussed his mission to ...

May 2013 was a month of irrational consumption, the kind that overhypes digital technologies and leads to mountains of electronic waste. An Apple-1 personal computer sold for $671,400 at auction in ...

According to the Solving the E-waste Problem initiative, which is hosted by the United Nations University (UNU) in Europe, “Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to all items of electrical and ...