WEEE

Refurbished versus Remanufactured: What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter?

Second-hand products have seen a surge in popularity of late as businesses and consumers alike look to save money and…

2 years ago

Apple Offers Free Recycling For All Its Products

Apple outlines environmental vision, promising free recycling for all iPhones, iPads and Macs, with the prospect of a gift card…

11 years ago

Solving E-Waste Will Take More Than A New WEEE Directive

Other rules have to change if we are going to re-use and recycle our e-waste properly, says Peter Judge

12 years ago

Poll: Do You Think WEEE Rules Are Rubbish?

Are WEEE rules overbearing - or not strict enough?

12 years ago

e-Waste: Liability Or Resource?

Electronic waste is a problem. But the solution could give gadgets a more human life cycle which conserves raw materials…

13 years ago

Better Tech Recycling Could Avoid Rare Metal Shortages

The tech industry is facing a new threat, not from restricted IT budgets but an increasing shortage of vital rare…

13 years ago

Environmentalists Turn WEEE Into Bins And Stools

Innovative South American utilitarian artists come up with novel ways to deal with growing e-waste problem

13 years ago

e-Waste Profiteering Costs UK Firms £50 Million Per Year

Firms charge for disposing of e-waste, even though the raw materials it contains give it a positive value, a report…

13 years ago

EU’s New WEEE Directive Fails On Reuse, Says Computer Aid

The EU has forgotten that re-use is better than recycling, says charity Computer Aid

13 years ago

Apple Offers Cash For Old Hardware

Apple has launched a recycling scheme offering cash for old Apple or Windows hardware, including iPhones and iPads

13 years ago

CES 2012: EcoATM To Roll-out Automated Phone Recycling Machines Across US

ecoATM which gives instant cash for gadgets, helping to solve e-waste problem, shown at CES

13 years ago

UK Companies Risk Data Theft Through Dirty Dumping

Computer Aid warns that companies risk reputational damage by not disposing of IT equipment properly

13 years ago

Ghana Slum Faces Growing E-Waste Problem

The Ghanaian government is torn between a growing e-waste problem and the need for affordable IT equipment

13 years ago

WEEE Systems Aims To Help Firms Manage e-Waste

A new company called WEEE Systems launched today, to help organisations manage their electronic waste

13 years ago

E-Waste Dumping Should Be A Thing Of The Past

The problem of e-waste and its solution are well known, says Peter Judge. It is only our laziness that allows…

13 years ago

UK Fuels e-Waste Black Market

An investigation found British e-waste made its way illegally to African nations for disposal

13 years ago

Fourteen Face Court For Flouting WEEE Rules

Fourteen defendants will face court accused of breaking WEEE rules over the export of electrical waste

14 years ago

WEEE Shall Not Be Moved!

Action on e-waste will be driven by those that care, in spite of the watering down of the EU’s directive…

14 years ago

EU Lowers Targets For New E-Waste Rules

The EU Council has lowered e-waste targets from the 85 percent proposed by the European Parliament

14 years ago

New Standard Could Keep Old PCs Out Of Landfill

The PAS 141 specification, coming from BSI, turns WEEE waste into re-usable kit

14 years ago

Could VDI Short Circuit The IT Upgrade Cycle?

Electronic waste is a problem that is not going to go away, but will the latest moves in IT actually…

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers Not All That Sure About Tablets

You spread your favours widely, but your favourite tablet is... a laptop. Next: where does your WEEE go?

14 years ago

Why We Are Pissed Off With WEEE

The only way to reduce the tonnes of electronic waste we all produce is to re-use and repair equipment, says…

14 years ago

Europe Votes For Tougher WEEE Recycling Rules

European countries should collect 85 percent of their e-waste by 2016, according to a new WEEE directive

14 years ago

European E-Waste Directive Delayed Until 2011

Rules governing the recycling of old IT equipment have been delayed yet again, after the WEEE directive was pushed back…

14 years ago

PC World and Currys Offer Old Computer Trade-In

PC World and Currys are offering cash for old working laptops, desktops, and Macs as part of a six day…

14 years ago

US Environment Agency Targets E-Waste

The Environmental Protection Agency has added the safe disposal of electronic waste to its list of top priorities

14 years ago

Computer Aid Pushes For Computer Re-Use Targets

Too much focus on recycling means that hardware which still has a useful life is being needlessly scrapped, the IT…

14 years ago

Efforts To Block Illegal E-Waste Shipments Failing

Lack of funding for the UK Environment Agency and Defra could exacerbate the e-waste problem, warn experts

14 years ago

Government Scraps IT Recycling ‘Quango’

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) is set to go the same way as Becta, after the…

14 years ago