In an unusual break from a usual diplomatic tone, the UN Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Wastes, Baskut Tuncak, has criticized South Korean media for glossing over his report on Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd…
Increasing volumes of imported toxic and hazardous e-waste in countries like the Philippines come with significant risks to human health and environmental safety. The Philippines’ House of Representatives has called for an investigation into the…
This week, the GoodElectronics Network is presenting the third edition of its Sub-Granting Scheme. With funding from the European Commission, GoodElectronics is currently executing a five-year programme which will run until the end of 2018….
Last Friday, September 16th, a group of NGOs from Northeast Asia and the Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Wastes held a panel discussion during the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in…
The short documentary ‘Whose Wealth? Cobalt from Congo’ has been selected to be screened at the European Short Film Festival in Berlin this October. The film, which was developed by Myrthe Verweij with support from…
Korea Workers Compensation and Welfare Service (KCOMWEL) has posthumously granted workers compensation benefits to two Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.workers, after deeming their lung cancers to be occupationally caused—the service’s first-ever admission of a pulmonary condition…
Against the background of a steadily increasing minimum wage in China, the organization China Labor Watch found that workers for one of the largest iPhone suppliers have seen their wages decline. China Labor Watch investigated…
Utilizing high-tech methods to track high-tech wastes, environmental watchdog Basel Action Network (BAN) as part of their e-Trash Transparency Project, funded by the Body Shop Foundation, planted GPS trackers into 205 old printers and monitors…
An opinion piece from The Guardian’s senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty contrasts the enormous profits made by Apple with the working conditions that its factory workers are facing. The article by Aditya Chakrabortty, senior economics…
Many international lighting companies like Philips, Osram, General Electric, etc, have refused to accept any responsibility for the management of mercury-bearing waste mandated under the new E-waste Rules, 2016. However, the same companies for long…