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E-waste Recycler Eric Lundgren Could Face Prison Time for Counterfeit Windows Discs
2018-02-20 17:26:13| Waste Age
The 33-year-old has been convicted of conspiracy and copyright infringement.
Hong Kong Opens First Government-backed E-waste Recycling Facility
2018-02-15 17:26:28| Waste Age
The $54 million facility turns e-waste like computers and televisions into shredded chunks of plastic and steel.
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Photographer Documents Cruel Reality of E-Waste Recovery Globally
2018-01-10 17:18:22| Waste Age
German photographer Kai Löffelbein spent seven years documenting the harsh reality of how valuable metals are recovered from e-waste in countries around the world.
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Study Reveals More Than $65B Worth of Minerals Discarded as E-waste in 2016
2017-12-15 16:17:15| Waste Age
E-waste contains precious metals like gold, silver, copper, platinum, palladium, iron and aluminum, but about 80 percent of that material ends up in landfills because its not properly disposed of.
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Global E-waste has Increased by 8% in Two Years
2017-12-13 17:17:14| Waste Age
E-waste has increased by 44.7 million metric tonnes (or 8 percent) from 2014 to 2016.
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