The rising tide of invisible e-waste E-waste is the fastest growing domestic waste stream on Earth and among the most toxic, with electronic equipment — phones, computers, gaming consoles, modems, ...

7.3 billion e-toys – car sets, electric trains, music toys, talking dolls, drones, etc. – discarded annually, an average of ~1 per person on Earth; Discarded vapes alone annually weigh as much as 3 ...

Vapes. Drones. Power tools. Talking dolls. LED-decorated novelty clothes. Millions of kitchen drawers’ worth of forgotten cables. The world is accumulating a mountain of “invisible” electronic waste ...

The 6th annual International E-Waste Day, scheduled for October 14, is a global initiative aimed at raising awareness and driving action concerning the pressing issue of electronic waste. A member of ...

Experts are sounding the alarm on consumers' propensity to improperly discard items like USB cables, R/C cars, and vapes. By Andrew Paul Published Oct 12, 2023 6:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

The focus of this year’s International E-waste Day, held on 14 October, was invisible electronic waste (e-waste), a growing problem across the world. Currently, unused cables, electronic toys, power ...

A hoard of 25 million forgotten electronic gadgets, toys and accessories is lying abandoned in homes, sheds and rubbish tips across Ireland, new data shows. The assortment of used, broken and unwanted ...

E-waste, which refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices, is the fastest growing domestic waste stream in the world, and it is highly toxic, threatening public health. Much of this e-waste, ...