All those old wires, cords, tablets, phones and other electronics aren't just taking up space in drawers and closets – they're also extensively covering the planet. A United Nations report released ...

The Paprec Switzerland division of Paris-based Paprec Group has agreed to acquire Switzerland-based Rewag -Recycling und Entsorgungscenter Wiggertal AG, which has nine recycling plants in Switzerland.

E-waste Production in Kilograms Per Capita: 23.4 Despite having a high e-waste production, Switzerland is one of the countries to have an established system of collecting and recycling electronics ...

March 20 (UPI) --Electronic waste around the world is growing five times faster than documented efforts to recycle the material, leaving experts to call for urgent attention to the new source of ...

System installed by German equipment company handles two daily shifts of inbound material for Thommen Group subsidiary Immark AG. The Immark AG facility in Switzerland takes in end-of-life large and ...

The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. Maybe you’ll drop it in water, or your dog will make a chew toy of it, or it’ll reach obsolescence. If you can’t repair it ...

A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a discovery that they say could turn recycling e-waste into a literal goldmine. The researchers devised a novel way to extract precious ...

From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of ...