The increase in electronic usage and production over the last several decades has led to an escalating electronic waste problem. With our environment gaining more and more attention every day, more organizations are pointing to e-waste and ways to educate people about the problem. Photo by: specialoperations | Flickr.comTo this end, the United Nations University [...]
In the United States and other parts of the world, legal regulations of electronic waste disposal have been in place for several years and continue to grow. As of July 2012, lawmakers in the Israeli Knesset are instating a bill to make technology manufacturers responsible for recycling their waste materials. The organization responsible for this [...]
As far as earth-friendly initiatives go, Europe should be praised for its collective efforts over the last few decades. In fact, seven out of the top ten most environmentally active countries in the world are European nations, including Switzerland at number one, Sweden at number two, and Norway, Finland, Austria, Latvia, and France in the [...]