E-waste
The hidden cost of e-waste
June 12, 2018
An article has criticised the devastating effects of wasteful electronics production on the environment, and suggested more needs to be done to promote reuse, rather than just recycling. Writing for The Conversation, Josh Lepawsky states that when we think of e-waste, we normally think of consumer e-waste: The old printers, phones, computers and other devices […]
New Zealand tackles e-waste issue
May 31, 2018
The Pacific nation’s Associate Environment Minister has announced a funding injection to increase recycling efforts and prevent landfill. Eugenie Sage has announced that the Government’s Waste Minimisation Fund has given an NZ$80,000 ($56,000/€48,000) grant to Mint Innovation, an Auckland company using chemistry and microbiology processes to recover valuable metals from e-waste, reports Xinhua News. Mint […]
