For five years, environmentalists and the news media have publicized the danger to Chinese workers who dismantle much of the world’s junked electronics. Yet a visit to this south-eastern Chinese town regarded as the heartland…
Rising pressure from NGO’s and growing customer unrest could seriously harm Apple’s brand. Yet the company is doing little to improve relations with these groups.
Computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched a project to help local African enterprises perform safer and more effective electronic waste recycling. The project, in association with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) and the Swiss…
The Nairobi slum where 12-year-old Priscilla grew up abuts one of Africa’s largest dumpsites. Now her blood is charged with lead, as electronic waste from the world over piles up unchecked. “Every time the dump…
By Joseph LaDou and Sandra Lovegrove from the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at University of California School of MedicineThe near absence of effective regulation and enforcement to control the flow of e-waste is…
The results of the analysis, contained in the report, “Toxic chemicals in computers – Reloaded”, (1) show bromine being present in over 40 per cent of the components tested, at concentrations of up to 10…
Several European Union countries have failed to turn the bloc’s rules on electronic waste into national law and now face legal action from Brussels, the European Commission said on Wednesday October 17, 2007. The rules…
Amsterdam, 15 October 2007 – Apple’s iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials, according to the results of scientific tests commissioned by Greenpeace. The insight into the components of the iPhone is presented in the Greenpeace…
IBM employees in Italy made headlines around the world this week when they announced their intention to carry out a “virtual strike” inside “Second Life”. More than 1’850 – real- people protested behind their computers…
The 3th of October, 2007, CEREAL (Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral) presented a report on labour conditions in the Electronics Industry in Mexico. The 3th of October, 2007, CEREAL (Centro de Reflexión y Acción…