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How big a problem is e-waste?
Verdict via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoIn March 2024, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) Global E-Waste Monitor report found 62 million metric tons of mobile...
Your Junk Drawer Full of Small, Unused Electronics is a Big Climate Problem
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Getty Images (8) Think for a minute about your personal electronics. No, not the computer...
Consumers binning 'enormous' amount of recyclable TVs, phones, PCs
dpa international via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAround 62 million tonnes of old or unwanted gadgets were thrown out in 2023, enough to circle the...
People send 20 billion pounds of ‘invisible’ e-waste to landfills each year
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHumans annually toss out enough vapes to outweigh six Eiffel Towers. One e-toy for every person on...
UN says e-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace
Associated Press via AOL· 3 months agoU.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates...
Silicon mountain: Our obsession with electronics is drowning the world in e-waste
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBattery Recycling Carmen Jaspersen/picture alliance via Getty Images Whether it's for work, school...
The world generated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste in just one year and recycled way too...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoOnly a few years ago, it would have been difficult to consider a discarded flower pot as electronic...
Opinion: Barbara Walters: Special memories of a mentor and broadcast legend
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe real Barbara Walters entered unexpectedly into my life and contributed to my lifetime education...
Opinion: Women's History Month reminder: Equal rights for women still not legally ratified
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWomen’s History Month has a lot going on nationally and globally. International Women’s Day, first...
Opinion: From the WNC mountains to Maldives: Urging glocal environmental diplomacy
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Maldivian friend visiting our Blue Ridge Mountains exclaimed in appreciative recognition: “Wow!...