There have been any number of events this year that would make anyone want to throw their phone and computer into a dumpster, Ron Swanson style, just so they don't have to deal with it anymore.

In 2007 we generated 3.01 million tons of e-waste in the United States. Of this amount, only 410,000 tons, or 13.6 percent, was recycled. The rest was trashed in landfills or incinerators. E-waste ...

According to the Solving the E-waste Problem initiative, which is hosted by the United Nations University (UNU) in Europe, “Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to all items of electrical and ...

It’s unreasonable to expect that the problem of electronic waste—the smartphones, laptops, monitors, and TVs crowding landfills around the globe—can be solved at any scale by individuals. We need an ...