Feb. 18 marks National Battery Day and the Waste Commission of Scott County is reminding people why it's important to get rid of them in the right way.

They continue, despite the dangers, because they have no other option. “What I’ve learned through this project is that e-waste is more than an environmental ... world doesn’t seem to care. “This is ...

Companies use flame-retardant enclosures on lithium-ion batteries to meet flammability standards, but are the chemicals used in these enclosures safe?

With Kuusakoski's exit from the U.S., a waste management company with several local contracts is looking for somewhere new to recycle electronics.

WeFix, the startup that won him a second-place regional social entrepreneur award last year, stands out by offering an "all-in-one service", providing collection, repairs and recycling to reduce ...

Pinpointing the genesis of “waste, fraud and abuse” as political rhetoric is difficult. But the concept is older than the ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's efforts at President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have revealed a number of examples of government waste that have dominated headlines in recent ...

Citing a desire for "maximum transparency," the tech billionaire discussed the efforts of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse within ...

Anyone who eats an egg in Agbogbloshie, according to the World Health Organization, will absorb 220 times the tolerable daily intake of chlorinated dioxins, a toxic byproduct of electronic waste.

Amid this crisis, informal waste pickers play a crucial role. Gul Rahim, a waste picker in Islamabad, describes his dangerous work: “We do the work that no one else wants to do, yet we get no ...

A cook at a Kanpur eatery en route to Prayag Raj was caught kneading dough with contaminated water in unhygienic conditions, as highlighted in a viral Instagram video. Consuming such contaminated ...