eWaste

ERP hits e-waste milestone

February 7, 2018

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 generated by the entire European Union in one year. The recycling of WEEE not only […]

Australian e-waste turned into 3D filaments

January 26, 2018

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” for tackling the ever-increasing levels of global e-waste. This solution lies in […]