Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carmignac photojournalism award exposes dangers of e-waste problem in Ghana The 13th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism ...

Accra, June 5, GNA – Ghana has successfully implemented the Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI) project, establishing a robust foundation for sustainable e-waste management and achieving ...

“I live in Accra, Ghana,” says Isaac Dinwe, who works for Closing the Loop, a Dutch NGO that’s seeking to increase recycling in the electronics industry. “The e-waste problem in my country is so huge ...

When he was just 18 years old, Emmanuel Akatire traveled about 500 miles from his home in Zorko, Ghana, to Accra, the nation's capital, to find the only work he could — sifting through vast piles of ...

Mensah, has called for an enhanced public education and awareness creation on electrical and electronic waste management in ...

An initiative aimed at promoting sustainable management of electronic waste (e-waste) has been rolled out in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital ...

ANN ARBOR—A University of Michigan study found that people in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at ...

In the year after the 9/11 attacks on the United States, more Americans enlisted in the military than in any year since. Something similar happened in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Uncle ...

From old cellphones to broken refrigerators and discarded e-cigarettes, global electronic waste has reached record highs and is growing five times faster than rates of recycling – bringing a host of ...

When Americans no longer want a car, laptop or clothes, where do some of those goods go? Most end up in the Global South, where millions of people depend on repairing, dismantling or selling them for ...