January is a time for new beginnings, and it’s hard to move on when old clutter is holding you back. Whether your clutter takes the form of an old desktop computer that’s been replaced by a laptop, a laptop that’s taken a backseat to a tablet, or a tablet that just isn’t as [...]
Taiwan is the producer of more electronics per capita than any other country, and now they are expanding their electronics recycling efforts to keep up. At 42 percent, their national household recycling rate is one of the highest in the world, and their industrial waste recycling rate is nearly double that at 80 percent. In [...]
Photo via Flickr It’s no secret that precious metals are a finite resource here on Earth—it’s a big contributor to making them all the more valuable. But as miners continue to dig deeper and deeper, some firms are instead turning their sights to the sky. Two firms plan to conduct prospecting missions to passing asteroids [...]