Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is ...

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U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is ...

In a new report released this week, the United Nations said the amount of electronics waste worldwide is growing even as efforts to recycle it may be falling even further behind targets. The Global ...

It's a bad time to be a PC hobbyist. Hardware prices, especially memory and storage, have spiked in recent months due to AI demand, and the fallout is extending to a lot of other PC components. This ...

All those old wires, cords, tablets, phones and other electronics aren't just taking up space in drawers and closets – they're also extensively covering the planet. A United Nations report released ...

(CNN) — From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a ...