Can Urban Mining Revolutionize Central Africa and its Conflict Minerals?
Violence is common when it comes to conflict minerals, the very same minerals powering your mobile and home…
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Extracting Gold from Cell Phones
Every cell phone contains trace amounts of gold, which means a global battle for gold reclamation is already…
Apple’s iPhone Recycling Program Expands to Canada
Apple Store staff will determine value of phone on the spot. Continue reading →
What if You Could Buy a Smartphone in Parts?
Phonebloks is a customizable Lego-like approach to phone design in which each individual piece, or "blok," is an…
Our Wireless Addiction is Creating a Big E-Waste Problem
Hundreds of millions of new cell phones are created annually, and only a small percentage of old ones…
GTSO: iPhone 5 Release Could Mean Billion-Dollar Windfall for E-Waste Recyclers
What will happen to all of the obsolete phones replaced by the iPhone 5? Continue reading →
New E-waste Disposal Solution: Just in Time for iPhone 5?
Could a solution for tracking shipments of used electronic components and subsystems and ensuring that they are disposed…
Chile’s Next Mineral Boom: Urban Mining and E-Waste?
Chile's realization: reusing elements found in e-waste is not only far more environmentally friendly than digging them up…