It might seem a simplistic idea - but repair initiatives such as this one could be part of a solution to the growing amount of electrical and electronic waste. This waste is becoming a huge problem.

Recycle your small electrical items at 19 city drop-off points or household waste sites. Items like phones, chargers, and ...

The event hosted by WEEE Ireland in partnership with Leitrim County Council will take place in Carrick-on-Shannon on Saturday ...

Others climb up a toxic waste hill and bring down TVs, computers and washing machine parts and set them alight. The men are extracting valuable metals like copper and gold from electrical and ...

DEFINITION: EU legislation which aims to reduce the waste and improve the environmental performance of all materials involved in the life cycle of the electrical and electronic equipment. WEEE, such ...

The "mountain" of waste electronic and electrical equipment discarded in 2021 will weigh more than 57 million tonnes, researchers have estimated. That is heavier than the Great Wall of China - the ...

An e-waste recycling centre is helping to save unwanted electrical items from going to landfill. Enva, based in Spittlegate Level, Grantham, recycles residents' unwanted electricals, such as ...

The Basel Convention e-waste amendment was agreed on by the Conference of Parties in 2022 (COP-15) to enlarge the control of the transboundary movement of waste electrical and electronic equipment ...

THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has announced that effective January 1, 2025, people wishing to export waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) will be subjected to ...

Batteries, electrical and electronic welcome to help the county meet national e-waste recycling targets for 2025 ...