Two years after New York introduced new legislation governing the disposal of electronics, the state has reported a marked increase in the amount of e-waste that has been recycled. The law, called the NY State Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, mandated that manufactures establish systems for the collection of the electronics that [...]
In the current technological landscape, devices are intentionally designed to be replaced--it’s called planned obsolescence, and it means that their physical life spans exceed their desirability and utility, leaving countless consumers with countless gadgets that they have neither need nor want for. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are hoping [...]
It’s clear that electronic scrap recycling is good for the environment—it keeps toxic chemicals out of landfills and allows us to reuse valuable precious metal resources that otherwise would have gone to waste after a single use. But there’s another benefit of e-scrap recycling that is generally under-recognized and under-appreciated: the economic [...]