A new study reveals that children in e-waste regions face a fourfold higher risk of hypertension, as toxic metals and VOCs alter gut-related metabolic pathways and disturb the body’s blood pressure ...

Report finds millions of tons of U.S. e-waste sent to Asia. Shipments often mislabeled to evade detection under global rules. Exports linked to 10 U.S. recycling companies, watchdog says. Hazardous ...

NEMA's Director of Environmental Enforcement Dr Ayub Macharia at the WEEE Innovation Summit on September 16, 2025. [Killiad Sinide, Standard] Kenya is making progress in managing electronic waste ...

Discarded, near-end-of-life electronics shipped from developed countries are adding to Nigeria’s growing e-waste burden.

HANOI – Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, ...

Toxic pollutants from laptops, televisions and smartphones found in bodies and brains of endangered dolphins and porpoises ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) refers to discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, laptops, televisions, and other consumer or industrial electronics that are no longer functional or needed. These ...

When he was just 18 years old, Emmanuel Akatire traveled about 500 miles from his home in Zorko, Ghana, to Accra, the nation’s capital, to find the only work he could — sifting through vast piles of ...

Thailand is preparing to return a large shipment of illegally imported electronic waste to the United States after ...