e-waste
Sick of Landfill, Artists Turned E-Waste into Floral Mandalas
Lithuanian artists Agnė Gintalaitė and Rimas Valeikis arranged old phones, laptops, electronic toys by color, shape, and form to help raise awareness about the need to recycle.
Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and MacBooks
Documents obtained by Motherboard: "No reuse. No parts harvesting. No resale."
Inside the Warehouses Where Our Old CRT TVs Go to Die
pluspluspodcast takes you inside America's CRT crisis.
America's Television Graveyards
How millions of old CRT televisions have wound up abandoned in warehouses all over the country.
The Best Black Friday Deals of 2016
We scoured the internet to find the gifts you should buy if you want to make a long-lasting impression.
The New MacBook Pros Mark the End of Upgradeable Apple Computers
All Apple laptops are now un-upgradeable and are therefore disposable.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 Recall Is an Environmental Travesty
Being recycled is the worst thing that can happen to a new smartphone.
A Shocking Amount of E-Waste Recycling Is a Complete Sham
Secret GPS trackers show how sham e-waste recyclers profit by dumping America’s toxic garbage on developing nations.
All 156 Amazon Dash Buttons, Ranked
Amazon just announced more than 50 plastic dongles that'll let you order all sorts of things with the press of a button—but which are worth getting?
Where Do Old iMacs Go Anyway? Right, They’re Upgraded Into Aquariums
Artists are finding new ways to put old gadgets to good use.
Almost Nothing About the ‘Apple Harvests Gold From iPhones’ Story Is True
Here is the truth: Apple paid independent recyclers to recycle old electronics—which were almost never Apple products, by the way—because it’s required by law to do so.