Every year, 7.3 billion electronic toys are thrown out around the world, collectively weighing 10 times the mass of New York City's Empire State Building. LED sneakers, power tools, cables and ...

Harvesting the valuable materials locked away in this waste stream could generate some $95 billion in reusable resources.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new partnership with Goodwill Keystone Area has unveiled a new initiative to provide free electronic waste recycling across 22 ...

U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is ...