A new UN report finds that more and more electronic waste, or e-waste, is being produced worldwide—recycling efforts are not ...

Over 80 percent of the e-waste generated ends up in landfills or incinerators – which results in chemicals leaching into the ...

The problem is difficult to overstate. The European Union alone generated approximately five million tons of electronic waste in 2022. The U.S., for its part, produces ...

Matt Travers, a researcher from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, is using robotics to improve e-waste recycling.

The Fraunhofer IFF wants to recycle more electronic waste. To this end, the institute has devised a dismantling system using ...

"While recycling may seem like an easy option to tackle electronic waste, it is so often miss-managed that alternatives must be sought. This paper looks to challenge all those in the robotics ...

This approach could mitigate e-waste and promote sustainability in the sector. A study published in Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems highlights that 80% of a robot’s environmental impact is ...

While recycling or storing robots may seem like an easy option to tackle electronic waste, it is so often miss-managed that alternatives must be sought.” She further added, “Alternative ...

The company says its Plainfield, Indiana, facility is able to process every type of alkaline battery.