WEEE stories
Companies can now offset IT disposal costs while funding support for young people affected by homelessness through a recycling-linked credit scheme.
London households are sitting on an estimated 700kg of electrical goods each, as repair and reuse lag far behind buying.
The trial will test whether smaller-scale recycling can recover valuable metals from retired network kit and improve supply-chain traceability.
Virgin Media O2 paid GBP £6.6m to customers for 85,500 unwanted devices in 2025, highlighting e-waste risks and data security fears.
Vertiv launches UK-wide UPS trade-in, offering up to 40% discounts plus free collection and recycling to cut costs and e-waste.
Virgin Media O2 will donate 12,000 refurbished smartphones in 2026 to help tackle digital exclusion and cut electronic waste across the UK.
Brits are sitting on 49m unused games consoles worth GBP £4.14bn, as cash-strapped households hoard old tech instead of trading it in.
More than 1,000 discarded devices were diverted from landfill as the company expanded donations to community groups and digital inclusion projects.
Mobile operators now have a packaged way to link handset sales with recycling, as GSMA Industry Services broadens its sustainability tools.
Energy use and waste recovery are ahead of schedule, with LG cutting operational emissions below its 2030 goal and lifting recycling to 97.3 per cent.
PPDS debuts Philips Signage 2000 4K displays with Android 14 and cloud management, targeting entry-level digital signage deployments.
Today is International E-Waste Day, shedding light on the increasing problem of electronic waste and the need for action.
Customers in New Zealand can now buy lower-cost refurbished iPhones as the operator tests demand for circular phone sales.
A record phone reuse drive in Sydney has readied 1,282 donated mobiles to help domestic violence survivors while cutting e-waste.
