Africa e-waste has decided to join an initiative that is being driven by the IWMSA (Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa)
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Electronic Waste Threatening Farmland in China
Electronic waste has heavily polluted around ten percent of all the farmland in China, and now seems to be rising in alarming proportions in parts of both Africa and India.
Continue readingMumbai to Get Electronic Waste Plant
Mumbai has moved one step nearer to getting its very first public electronic waste processing plant.
Continue readingElectronic Waste Poisoning African Environment
Researchers have discovered that heavy metals from electronic waste that are toxic to humans have spread into the markets,
Continue readingNew Cell Phones Mean an Opportunity to Recycle
Certain companies are so successful that when they launch a new product, or even a new version of an old product, it can become a media event.
Continue readingPenang to Host Pilot Electronic Waste Project
A collection system for electronic waste in Penang is being worked on by experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Continue readingMexico Improves Electronic Waste Collection
Mexico has finally woken up to the fact that it both needs to and can do a lot more to collect and recycle electronic waste including old cell phones and freezers, given that the majority of such items have tended to end up on dumps even after years of collection efforts.
Continue readingFCC Cell Phone Radiation Test Flawed
A government test that is used to determine the amount of radiation that people absorb via their new or old cell phones is flawed, according to a number of researchers and doctors.
Continue readingWhat’s Really Lurking in Your Old Cell Phone?
An alarming new study suggests that as many as every one in six of all old cell phones are contaminated with traces of fecal matter.
Continue readingKenya Gets New Electronic Waste Recycling Center
Kenya has set up what it its second such electronic waste recycling facility as the country tries to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done to combat the growing problem.
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