The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has stated that the government plans to scale up ...

When he was just 18 years old, Emmanuel Akatire traveled about 500 miles from his home in Zorko, Ghana, to Accra, the nation’s capital, to find the only work he could — sifting through vast piles of ...

Urban mining offers a sustainable solution for resource recovery, transforming e-waste into valuable materials and supporting ...

The global surge in electronic waste (e-waste) poses a critical environmental and health challenge. In fact, according to the UN's recent Global E-Waste Monitor Report, “The world’s generation of ...

Currently, just 12% of the nation’s computers are recycled, and Australia is the fourth-highest generator of e-waste per capita. This a significant environmental risk, because poorly managed e-waste ...

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From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of ...

The Bangladesh government has failed to implement electronic waste management regulations a year after introducing a new rule that was a decade in the making. Countries with large stakes in Bangladesh ...