E-waste Recycling
The international system that was to govern this trade, especially the Basel Convention, was formulated to check the flow of the hazardous waste between the developed and the developing countries. Yet loopholes remain.
He said the Immigration Department and the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) had also launched investigations under the Immigration Act 1959/63 and the Income Tax Act 1967, respectively.
Investigators and NGOs have long raised concerns about containers with falsely declared documents frequently slipping into Malaysia’s illegal recycling sites. To get through customs, smugglers often declare electronic waste, or e-waste, as legitimate raw materials.
Shegerian outlines how the solution to the mounting need for critical materials can be found in the end-of-life electronic devices that are too often shipped abroad.
At the same time, the ministry acknowledged that domestically generated electronic waste is increasing as technology use expands.
President Donald Trump took a significant step on Thursday by signing an order that empowers federal authorities to halt the export of old batteries and other electronic waste, which are abundant in critical minerals.
The Bureau of Customs said three containers listed as scrap copper reached the port July 22 aboard the MV Tokyo Express.
Concluding the dialogue, VOICE Executive Director Ahmed Swapan Mahmud urged the government to issue an official circular establishing a clear e-waste management framework to turn e-waste into a valuable resource.
BOC Subic District Collector Geniefelle Lagmay, upon receiving information about the shipment, immediately directed that the containers be placed under “Retain on Board” status due to the shipment’s country of origin, preventing their discharge at the Port of Subic.
E-waste is a potentially huge source of rare earths and critical minerals, but much of it is still discarded without those materials being recovered. Recycling products already in circulation can also produce domestic supplies faster than developing and permitting new mines.
Fresh Supply’s first summer, some of Jasmine’s students helped inform West Siders about energy incentives they’re eligible for and how to apply for them. They did so through an app that David Jones II helped develop.
Under the agreement, SK Oceanplant will inform its executives and employees about the in-house collection and recycling system for waste batteries and waste electrical and electronic products and promote related awareness, while handing over waste generated at its business site to E-Circulation Governance.
Speaking at the launch, Deputy Chief of Mission of Japan to the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Horii Mizumoto, described the initiative as a practical response to two of Zambia's most pressing challenges.
Instead of letting those old computers, cameras, tablets, and more sit around to collect more dust, this new free e-waste program from Goodwill and Reworlds allows for 11 counties in the Northeastern part of the commonwealth to properly recycle their old technology for no cost.
In its annual report, WEEE showed that close to 39,000 tonnes of e-waste were collected last year – or 7,425 truckloads.
During the pilot phase, participating cities will test different models for collecting e-waste from residents.
The meeting follows a joint inspection conducted on July 1 by the DENR-EMB, BOC, and SBMA covering nine recycling companies inside the freeport.
BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno led Customs officials in the discussions, alongside representatives from EcoWaste Coalition, BAN Toxics and other concerned agencies.
The achievement is significant because the team did not simply produce an environmentally friendly material. Instead, it demonstrated through experiments that an entire working electronic component could be processed biologically after use.
Six of the workshops took place at the council’s award-winning Keynsham Recycling Hub, which also gave children the opportunity to see state-of-the-art recycling processes in action.
During a press conference in Quezon City, the groups presented aerial images of factories inside the freeport that allegedly showed e-waste stored outdoors and exposed to the elements.
In Pennsylvania, it’s illegal to put electronics in the trash, in part because e-waste in landfills leach toxic heavy metals like lithium, mercury and lead into groundwater and soil, negatively impacting personal and environmental health.
The company also plans to pursue R2v3 certification for the new facility by the second quarter of 2027.
By recovering them from discarded electronics (such as old servers, hard drives, and computers), the process aims to turn products that have reached the end of their useful lives into a new source of critical materials.
However, WEEE Ireland said Ireland remained below Europe’s 65% collection target because of the way e-waste performance is measured.