E-waste Recycling
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.
For the prisoners involved, the workshops offer more than meaningful work, as well as providing a pathway to rebuild confidence and develop transferable skills.
Money raised will support both Good News Project and the Merrill Area School District's NESTs program.
Riffel looks to other countries like Switzerland as proof that nearly all e-waste could be recycled.
One solution to this challenge is to utilise e-waste, whereby technology is refurbished and brought back into use to help extend the life of legacy systems.
Yet when e-waste is managed well, it recovers valuable materials, decreases pollution, and provides a circular economy.
According to the findings, around 78 per cent of the entities had no take-back system in place, while only 22 per cent verified compliance with Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) standards.
As a result, significant amounts of gallium and germanium are effectively lost to landfills or diluted into lower-value industrial waste streams.
The Oman Environmental Services Holding Company, be’ah, is also working to expand collection systems and improve safe disposal practices in line with Oman Vision 2040.
Electric Sheep destroys the hard drives to ensure that no personal information can be recovered from the discarded devices.
Kenya generates an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes of electronic waste annually as the use of mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices continues to rise.
The new facility is located at 22650 Executive Dr. in Sterling.
At full capacity, the Lancaster facility can process approximately 600,000 solar panels per year, equivalent to 20 million pounds of material.
At the same time, technological innovation can be harnessed to address the issue.
The special unit will be managed by the ministry's Department of Environment (DOE), Arthur told reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to mark the 51st DOE Enforcement Day.
So far, over 20 e-waste collection bins have been installed at strategic locations, with all UCC offices across the country now equipped to receive electronic waste.
E-waste, including discarded electronics such as mobile phones, computers, and batteries, is one of the fastest-growing waste streams globally.
Ease of disassembly is a critical component of e-waste recycling and materials recovery.
Asia-Pacific is expected to be both the dominant and fastest-growing region in the electronic waste recycling market.
The crisis was significantly worsened following China’s 2017 ban on foreign waste imports, which redirected enormous quantities of plastic, textile, and electronic waste toward Africa.
This report exposes the escalating e-waste crisis devastating communities in Kenya and Ghana, and the toxic electronic waste, often disguised as donations or recycling, is putting lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems at risk.