Turning e-waste into gold
The Royal Mint has launched a new factory in South Wales to extract gold from e-waste, aiming…
Tag: electronic waste
Net Hero Podcast – the PC that goes on and on!
Could a laptop you update yourself be the key to cutting down electronic waste?
MPs address e-waste concerns
The Environmental Audit Committee prepares to address the mounting issue of electronic waste,…
The consumer electronics industry is broken, says expert
In this week’s Net Hero Podcast, we spoke to the Founder of modular laptops company, Framework,…
All EU phones and tablets will use the same charger in 2024
The launch of a common charging solution is expected to reduce e-waste
EU pulls plug on e-waste with deal on common charger by 2024
Under the new rules, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for electronic devices,…
Solihull brothers fined £400k after e-waste fraud worth £1.48m
An investigation found one of the brothers submitted fictitious claims for the recycling of…
‘Single bitcoin transaction creates same e-waste as that of two iPhones binned’
That's the suggestion by Alex de Vries, Economist and Data Scientist who spoke to ELN…
Could bacteria eat e-waste? Talk about grabbing a byte to eat…
Coventry University’s Professor of Bio-innovation and Enterprise, Sebastien Farnaud, has talked…
Not such a waste! Orange peel could help recycle batteries say boffins
The research of scientists from Nanyang Technological University Singapore aims to address food…
