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There are now more electronics in the world than ever. We live in the midst of an electronics revolution that’s helped to change how millions of people live and communicate, and it’s brought people around the world much closer. This is a time of great technological advancement. Remember how people used to buy new clothes frequently? Now people change their electronic devices even more quickly. Once each new upgrade comes along, we toss the...

Hotel waste management can be an issue, especially when it comes to recycling. How can hotels increase recycling to improve the environment? There are a lot of questions about how hotel recycling programs can help the environment; here are a few. With literally thousands of customers walking through their doors every year, and operations running 24 hours a day, hotels are far more likely to be replacing their equipment and electronics than man...

It’s a staggering figure -- $55 billion in U.S. dollars, which is higher than the 2016 gross domestic product of most countries in the world. And it represents the total value of recoverable materials in 2017 from e-waste, or used electronics that have outlived their usefulness. The problem, according to the International Solid Waste Association, is that the figure doesn’t apply to what was recovered financially courtesy of used electro...

When experts from 42 countries took part in the annual International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) conference in January, their goal was to study and report on the growing environmental challenges worldwide if the recycling rates for e-waste do not start to increase significantly. The 480 experts who met in Salzburg, Austria also looked more hopefully toward the future -- in particular, at who would benefit the most from the increasing...

Did you know that leaving used smartphones in your dresser drawer can actually have a negative environmental impact? Here's why you should consider smartphone recycling. It's a smart choice. As 2017 came to an end, capping off a year when the economy was very vibrant, there was an interesting footnote around holiday sales. It was reported that after years of increasing at a steady pace, smartphone sales actually dropped. The decrease was sm...

Discarded electronics time and time again keep ending up in landfills. The solution? Recycle more. Read more to learn about techwaste recycling solutions The United Nations is trying to sound the alarm about a fast-growing health and environmental concern. It’s a problem that poses risks to our soil, groundwater, and even the air we breathe. And this growing health and safety concern is linked to something very close to home for most of u...

Our public schools play a lot of important roles. They educate our children, they offer new opportunities to adults who want to further their education, and school buildings are often used for hosting community events. And heading into the future, our public schools may also become leaders in another field: e-Waste recycling. Today, schools are still about the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as physical education, history, ...

Did you know that you can prevent identity theft by recycling electronics? You can help with electronics and data security by recycling right and recycling now. Recycling security is an essential part of the recycling process and not something that should be overlooked when shopping around for the best way to dispose of your e-waste.  If there’s one thing we always have on us, besides our wallet, it’s our cell phones. Today, it’s amazin...

If there’s one key reason as to why there’s been such a surge of interest in e-waste recycling, it could be summed up in two words: environmental protection. Simply put electronic recycling helps the environment. So how does recycling electronics help the environment? More and more states are trying to keep electronic waste out of their community landfills by requiring them to be recycled instead. One of the most recent states to do so was...