In just 10 years, more than 7 billion smartphones have been produced. Greenpeace pulled the stats to show how our consumption habit is affecting our planet. Can you guess how many smartphones are thrown away every day?
To save Earth’s limited resources — and our wallets — this must change! Join hundreds of thousands around the world and tell IT companies like Apple, LG and Samsung to end planned obsolescence.
The 2024 UN Global E-waste Monitor report reveals, among its findings, that over a billion pounds of electronic waste, containing dangerous substances like mercury and lead, are illicitly shipped annually, predominantly from wealthier to poorer…
The GoodElectronics Network would like to congratulate its member, Closing the Loop, for being nominated to the Computable Awards 2023. CTL’s work focuses on helping tech users and sellers across the globe to take a…
Lohum Cleantech has signed a deal to supply 10,000 tonnes of specialty chemicals for the battery supply chain to company Glencore over the next five years, worth US$200-million. According to Rajat Verma, founder and CEO…
The government of Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Albemarle, and Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) over alleged environmental damage caused in the northern Salar de Atacama salt flats. The case highlights the deterioration of the Monturaqui-Negrillar-Tilopozo…
Südwind commissioned an independent environmental journalist based in Ghana to write a report on e-waste in Ghana. The Austrian GoodElectronics member used the research for a policy paper to advocate in the EU for better…
Reposted from SOMO Hiding behind complex supply chains, undermining unions, disseminating distorted information – these are just a few of the ways that corporations try to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses and environmental damage…
Rumours are swirling amongst tech bloggers that Apple will stop including chargers and EarPods with new iPhones. Those who track e-waste are hoping that Apple does, in fact, make this move. According to one venture…
Repetitive reporting on e-waste may be blinding citizens to the larger issue of the pollution and waste generated in the mining for and manufacturing of electronics. Josh Lepawksy, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography…
A new bill proposed in the United States aims to increase government spending on investments in lithium-ion battery recycling by $150 million over five years. The bill, sponsored by Senator Angus King from Maine, would…
As part of its podcast series, the Restart Project tells the story of ‘Solar What?’ a small solar-powered lamp that has been designed explicitly so it could be taken apart, repaired and kept in use for…