A new study reveals that children in e-waste regions face a fourfold higher risk of hypertension, as toxic metals and VOCs alter gut-related metabolic pathways and disturb the body’s blood pressure ...

Children who live in areas where electronic waste—from laptops, cellphones, and medical equipment to cars with electronic devices installed—is frequently thrown out and burned are at risk of ...

Chemicals from household electronics are accumulating in the brains of dolphins and porpoises in the Indo-Pacific, according to a new study that calls for urgent regulation to cut e-waste pollution.

Changing weather patterns, like dry-wet and freeze-thaw cycles, significantly impact the release of harmful chemicals known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) from soils at e-waste recycling ...

World Environment Day, observed annually on 5 June, presents an opportunity to raise awareness and take decisive measures on pressing environmental concerns. This year, day's theme is 'Solutions to ...

FREETOWN, Aug 10 2026 (IPS) - Growing up, Peter George, a young innovator in Bo District in Southern Region, Sierra Leone, watched people dump electronic waste near the farmland where his grandmother ...

Scientists have called on robots to be repurposed rather than recycled. This measure is to combat the rising scale of e-waste. Instead, the robotics industry should be creating robots that could be ...

Between March and June, the Malaysian government seized over 100 shipping containers full of electronic waste illegally sent from the US and other developed countries. Malaysian authorities also ...

Report finds millions of tons of U.S. e-waste sent to Asia. Shipments often mislabeled to evade detection under global rules. Exports linked to 10 U.S. recycling companies, watchdog says. Hazardous ...

Researchers urge Nigeria to adopt e-waste recycling to recover precious metals, which can strengthen the national economy and ...

Kolkata: CREDAI Kolkata has launched a meaningful CSR initiative — ‘Rice for Plastic’ — aimed at reducing plastic and e-waste pollution while addressing the nutritional needs of construction workers ...