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A plastic beverage bottle floats in the shallow waters of Sand Island in Hawaii. Image by David Slater / NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program Marine Debris Team, 2015.

How ‘waste colonialism’ underpins Asia’s plastic problem (commentary)

Coleen Salamat 18 Nov 2024
Workers in "Agbogbloshie," a site with electronic scrap material, in Ghana, 2011.

Ever-smarter consumer electronics push world toward environmental brink

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 30 Sep 2024
A excavator in a landfill in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh incinerator project sparks row between government & contractor

Kamran Reza Chowdhury 26 Jun 2024
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023
Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse and Prop Library

From grassroots to government, Singapore takes lead in tackling e-waste

Abhishyant Kidangoor 21 Aug 2023
Playing on an Xbox.

Playing dangerously: The environmental impact of video gaming consoles

Claire Asher 25 Oct 2022
E-waste management.

Bangladesh e-waste rules hang in limbo as electrical goods companies ask for delay

Maksuda Aziz 21 Oct 2022

Climate-positive, high-tech metals are polluting Earth, but solutions await

Claire Asher 15 Mar 2022

San Francisco bars officials from buying Apple computers for city business

Mongabay.com 11 Jul 2012

High-tech hell: new documentary brings Africa’s e-waste slum to life

Jeremy Hance 30 Apr 2012

Children on the frontlines: the e-waste epidemic in Africa

Karimeh Moukaddem 9 Sep 2011

Universal phone charger to cut e-waste

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2009

U.S. ignores laws on e-waste disposal

Mongabay.com 19 Sep 2008

Video game-makers score low on sustainability

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2007

Sony launches consumer electronics recycling program

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2007

Apple defends green credentials, promises to do better

Mongabay.com 4 May 2007

Eco-Friendly Computers and Monitors Identified

Green Electronics Council 22 Jul 2006

Consumers want environmentally friendly computers

Mongabay.com 26 Jun 2006

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