A new rare earth metals recycling facility has been established at the University of Birmingham. Established at a cost of EUR $4 million, the new pilot plant will focus on recycling magnets. [...]
A Victorian ban on e-waste being dumped in skips or bins destined for landfill comes into force from July 1st. The ban follows a similar decision of the South Australian government in 2013. [...]
E-scrap recycling in Singapore is set to get a boost with the launch of a new research centre. Nanyang Technological University has invested nearly $15 million in the new centre, with the [...]
New ways of extracting e-scrap metals are being researched by Ireland’s University College Cork. Current recovery rates of recycled copper, aluminium, steel and solder from e-scarp waste average [...]
A recent study by the Bank of America shows that global waste management volumes are likely to double by 2025 and by 2020 are projected to be a $2 trillion market. The report identifies that over [...]
E-waste is becoming an all too familiar term in most communities as millions of televisions, computers, and mobile phones are discarded in Australia each year. To reduce and minimize the impact [...]
Australia has a pretty poor record when it comes to recycling computers. Only about 10% get recycled, (and only about 1% of TVs), which adds up to a lot of electronic waste (e-waste) going to [...]