EEE
E-waste including unused mobile phones pose threat to environment in Malaysia
| There are millions of unused and obsolete handphones with Malaysians that are posing a real threat to the environment. Several Malaysians just throw e-waste such as mobile phones and discarded tablets into the dustbins, and they end up in landfills where the minerals and materials inside can leak out.
War of words over illegal dump sites in Hong Kong
| A war of words has broken out between the Hong Kong government and U.S.-based Basel Action Network over claims by the government that the watchdog had failed to alert the environmental protection department of a number of toxic e-waste sites in the New Territories.
Aqua Metals reinvents lead recycling with new AquaRefining technology
| US-based Aqua Metals Inc. is reinventing lead recycling with its new AquaRefining technology.
16th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2017 Call for papers
| The 16th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2017 will take place from January 17 – 20, 2017 in Salzburg, Austria.
Research: Majority of US e-waste ends up in Hong Kong
| A research by US-based environmental group Basel Action Network found that Hong Kong has become a dumping ground for US electronic waste. Hong Kong has replaced China to become ground zero for toxic electronic materials.
Global e-waste management market expected to hit $9.5 billion by 2022
| A report by US-based Stratistics Market Research Consulting has said that the global e-waste management market is expected to reach $9.5 billion by 2022, grow at a CAGR of 21.4%. The market was valued at $2.4 billion in 2015.
Startup Extracthive aims to ease metal sourcing constraints with new recycling processes
| Extracthive, a spin-off from France-based CEA Marcoule labs, aims to leverage the CEA's expertise in hydrometallurgical processes to design and industrialize new metal extracting and recycling processes, ultimately easing metal sourcing constraints.
Committee targets meta-study to “systematise” e-scrap data
| Describing India as the world’s fifth-largest producer of e-waste, BIR E-Scrap Committee member Surendra Patawari Borad explained to the body’s latest meeting in Berlin that the government had introduced an extended producer responsibility system for e-waste earlier this year which proposed a 30% collection target for the first two years, rising to 70% after seven years.
New technique developed to recycle indium from waste LCD screens
| Researchers have developed a technique to recover indium, an important raw material with limited supply, from liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. The method could contribute to a resource-efficient, circular economy.
India to generate 5.2 million tonnes of e-waste by 2020
| According to a recent ASSOCHAM-cKinetics study, India's electronic waste (e-waste) generated per year is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30%, rising from 1.8 million metric tonnes at present to 5.2 million by 2020.
NCER report forecasts e-waste challenges
| The US National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) and Sustainability Consortium have released a report on electronic and electrical management and future challenges in waste management in the US, as commissioned by the Closed Loop Fund.
Electronics Recycling Asia
| The 2016 edition of Electronics Recycling Asia, the premier electronics recycling conference in the Asia-Pacific region, will again explore the considerable challenges and opportunities in this sector. ICM AG is hosting the 2016 Electronics Recycling Asia conference from November 15 – 18, 2016 at the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Macau, China.
Urban mining: The new way to riches?
| Waste businesses vie for electronic goods to release a small fortune in precious metals
New platform for take-back of e-waste
| Take-e-way, the German take-back system for electrical and electronic equipment take-e-way presents the online platform www.take-e-back.com for the take-back of waste devices by distributors according to the amended Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG/WEEE) to its customers.
