In the past two months, Apple, Google and Samsung have all unveiled their newest smartphones and other devices with the goal of getting consumers to upgrade ahead of the holidays. But in the process, ...

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2023 – The World Bank announced a US$9.13 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to expand the scope of the Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate ...

Equipment used to train and run generative AI models could produce up to 5 million tons of e-waste by 2030, a relatively small but significant fraction of the global total. Generative AI could account ...

The proliferation of e-waste, or electronic waste, has become a pressing global issue with significant environmental and health implications. E-waste refers to discarded products with a battery or ...

At the end of the fast-paced road of electronic innovation lies a mountain of electronic waste, or “E-waste.” Electrical equipment waste is growing three times faster than total municipal solid waste ...

Record 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022, up 82% since 2010; On track to rise further 32% in 2030; $billions worth of strategically-valuable resources ...

According to new research from the University of Waterloo, Canada's electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has tripled in the last two decades, with close to a million tons generated in 2020 alone.