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Every year, unused cables, electronic toys, LED-decorated novelty clothes, power tools, vaping devices, and countless other small consumer items often not recognised by consumers as e-waste amount to nine billion kilograms of e-waste, one-sixth ...

Only 17 per cent of e-waste is recycled globally

Only 17 per cent of e-waste is recycled globally

Around 844 million vaping devices are dumped worldwide each year, according to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

Around $10 billion worth of reusable electronics and batteries is ending up in the world’s rubbish every year, adding to pressure on supplies of raw materials such as lithium and copper. Unused cables, electronic toys, LED-decorated novelty clothes, power tools and vaping devices are among the items containing parts that could be recycled. Lithium is a "strategic raw material," due to its use in batteries and electronics, in the eyes of the European Union. Enough cable to circle the ...

A new study found that small electronics like vapes and toys are adding up to a literal mountain of worldwide waste.

Experts are sounding the alarm on consumers' propensity to improperly discard items like USB cables, R/C cars, and vapes.

Experts are sounding the alarm on consumers' propensity to improperly discard items like USB cables, R/C cars, and vapes.

French ingredients company Roquette has opened up a new food innovation centre, focusing on developing a wide range of foods with a small number of ingredients, prominently pea protein, wheat protein, polyols, soluble fibres and starches. FoodNavigator visited the new facility in Lestrem, France.

French ingredients company Roquette has opened up a new food innovation centre, focusing on developing a wide range of foods with a small number of ingredients, prominently pea protein, wheat protein, polyols, soluble fibres and starches. FoodNavigator visited the new facility in Lestrem, France.