Electronic Waste
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Electronic waste is on the rise, UN warns, as recycling expected to dropU.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.WorldMar 21, 2024
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Canada’s electronic waste more than tripled in 20 years, study indicatesThe study, published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, looked at e-waste data going as far back as 1971.CanadaMay 8, 2023
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Winnipeg student hosts e-waste drive to properly dispose old electronicsThrowing your electronics in the trash sends them to a landfill where they'll take hundreds of years to decompose, according to the Green Action Centre.EnvironmentJul 18, 2021
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‘It doesn’t belong in our landfills’: What to do with your old electronicsOfficials behind Waste Reduction Week hope more people will choose proper depots to get rid of old electronics, rather than letting them go to waste in landfills.ConsumerOct 20, 2018
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Worldwide electronic waste hit a new record at 45 million tonnes last yearThe weight of e-waste in 2016 was equivalent to about 4,500 Eiffel Towers.WorldDec 13, 2017
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Gold mining takes on a new meaning at the University of SaskatchewanResearchers at the University of Saskatchewan have created a new way to solve a growing problem in gold metal waste.ScienceFeb 15, 2017
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Electronic waste skyrockets in CanadaA new Statistics Canada study has found that electronic waste across Canada has nearly tripled in just four years.EnvironmentMay 24, 2016
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Electronic waste is piling up. Here’s why you should careE-waste, in a society that clamours for smaller, better, faster, newer, is piling up. And there are consequences.CanadaSep 5, 2015
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Kenya working towards safer disposal of the world’s e-wasteMuch of the world's e-waste is exported to developing countries like India and Kenya in the form of used goods, where it ends up in landfills or is burned.EnvironmentAug 22, 2014
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