Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now a toxic place. Burning of the E-waste are harming poor people’s health and devastating the environment. Source: YouTube Web Source:...
Majority of South Africa’s electronic waste (e-waste) is being exported, with the country losing out on the economic potential of an entire waste stream. In a recent study conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the...
South Africa is beginning to experience a progression in waste management and starting to explore innovative technologies in dealing with waste in a responsible manner, says Jan Palm, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern...
Electronic waste from Australia was recently found at Agbogbloshie landfill site halfway across the world in Ghana. ABC reported that a computer screen was being pulled apart by children as young as five at the site. According to the report,...
“There isn’t a huge dichotomy between the things that people throw away and the people who society throw away.” Isidore Electronics Recycling’ is a Southern Californian company on a mission to reuse and repurpose technology,...
Medals that will be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be made from recycled mobile phones. Two tonnes of gold, silver and bronze is required for the 5,000 medals. The metals will be sourced from old phones and small...
It was a simple question from his dad that prompted 33 year old Pravashen Naidoo to create Africa’s first light bulb recycling business. Naidoo is the founder of E-Waste Africa, a waste recycling company that specialises in the sustainable and...
This waste and recycling drop-off video introduces the viewer to the many Cape Town drop-off facilities across the City. The materials dropped off here will be recycled, re-used, chipped for composting or sent to landfill. The viewer will discover...
An electronic waste recycling start-up, based in the Propella Business Incubator in the Eastern Cape, aims to be one of the first companies on the continent to fully recycle electronic waste (e-waste). Propella is a partnership between the Nelson...
