e-Waste

A new study estimates that electronic waste (e-waste) created from generative AI data centers could rise to 5 million tons per year by 2030. Image: Daniel Schäfer/dpa/picture alliance
Tech

E-waste from AI computers could 'escalate beyond control'

Researchers predicting a thousand-fold increase in e-waste from AI computer servers by 2030 called for recycling strategies to reduce the environmental impact

E-waste recycling offers $500m annual business potential for Bangladesh: Experts
Economy

E-waste recycling offers $500m annual business potential for Bangladesh: Experts

Zabeer Zarif Akhter works on his innovative water purification system made from electronic waste. This eco-friendly prototype uses plasma technology to sterilise water without increasing temperature, introducing a cost-effective and sustainable method. Photo: Courtesy
Tech

Teenager innovates country's first water purification system from e-waste

Photo: Collected
Environment

E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says

Photo: Reuters
Tech

Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could dispose 240 million computers

The integration of formal and informal channels to manage e-waste
Thoughts

The integration of formal and informal channels to manage e-waste

Interdependencies of stakeholders in e-waste management
Thoughts

Interdependencies of stakeholders in e-waste management

Role of informal and formal actors in e-waste management
Thoughts

Role of informal and formal actors in e-waste management

E-waste value chain: Structure, actors and functions
Thoughts

E-waste value chain: Structure, actors and functions

A mechanic is collecting reusable components from a discarded electronic device. Photo: Noor A Alam
Panorama

The e-waste market of Dhaka

A handful of disposable vapes. Photo: evape
Tech

E-waste, including vapes, chargers becoming a 9-million-tonne problem

Posts and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar. Photo: Collected
ICT

Cannot allow country to be dumping ground for others' e-waste: Mustafa Jabbar

Yousuf Jamil. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

E-waste is a growing menace in Bangladesh