Telcos happen to be sitting on a gold mine of buried copper wire
Companies just need to start digging it
Researchers create a new circuit board material that can be easily recycled
A hot potato: Printed circuit boards are ubiquitous; they are used in nearly all electronic devices and constitute a significant portion of the electronic waste accumulating in landfills. A new polymer-based material could render PCBs much more environmentally friendly and facilitate endless recycling.
E-waste growing at five times the rate of recycling, UN report finds
It's predicted that we'll generate 82 million tons of e-waste in 2030
Researchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfills
Vigorous recycling, repurposing, and alternative operating systems will likely take care of most of that waste
Used server DDR4 RAM chips are being recycled for consumer kits
That sweet deal on a no-name DDR4 kit may involve used silicon
MycelioTronics: using fungal skin to grow biodegradable PCB board
Fungal mycelium protection could pave the way for truly biodegradable electronics
Roughly 5.3 billion mobile phones will become e-waste this year
The average home has 74 e-products
What is Sustainable Computing? A shift in how we develop the hardware of the future
Building sustainable computing systems is not only the conscientious thing to do, but curbing carbon emissions may result in a seismic shift in how we develop the hardware of the future.
Did you know that Amazon will recycle your old small electronic devices for free?
Just apply for a shipping label and send them all those old cellphones you've been collecting
3,800 PS4s found and seized from a cryptocurrency farm in Ukraine
Is that the best hardware they could find?
Gazelle to end used device trade-ins by mail in 2021
Gazelle will still buy your used devices, but only at instant-pay kiosks
Apple seeks $23 million in damages from contracted recycler for reselling obsolete devices
It also wants any revenues made from the illegal sales
A record amount of e-waste was generated in 2019
Mainstream tech adoption is leading to record levels of e-waste
Football Manager 2020's recyclable cardboard packaging could save '20 tonnes' of plastic this year
Football Manager's developers aim to shrink their carbon footprint
100 percent of Google's products will 'include' recycled materials by 2022
All customer shipments will be carbon neutral by 2020
Researchers create new plastic type that could enable near-lossless recycling
The plastic easily breaks down into its basic components
Apparel company Coalatree converts coffee grounds and plastic bottles into usable fabric
The result is the 'Evolution Hoodie'
Scientists blend iPhone to show the rare elements it contains
Highlighting the importance of recycling
Where is the Windows 10 Recycle Bin? (Get rid of it)
Have you ever been to a presentation, or worse, a high-profile company keynote, it gets started on an empty Windows desktop showing nothing but the Recycle Bin icon? Hideous. Preferring to keep our desktop clean, we remove the Recycle Bin icon from Windows 10 as one of the first tweaks to a fresh installation of the operating system.
Apple unveils 'Daisy' the recycling robot and the 'Apple GiveBack' recycling program
Daisy can dissassemble up to 200 iPhones per hour
Scientists found a way to transform astronaut feces into edible 'microbial goo'
Researchers say the recycled feces would resemble Marmite
Samsung upcycling initiative will breathe new life into older mobile devices
Repurposing like this on a manufacturer level is unprecedented
Samsung wants to recover 157 tonnes of rare metals from the recalled Note 7s
Samsung is going green
