A senior CPCC official said that e-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream globally and contains several hazardous substances, including lead, mercury, cadmium and brominated flame retarda ...

Waste pickers exposed to discarded electronics, aluminum and metal cans have up to four times higher levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium in their blood than the wider population, a study has found ...

Understanding E-Waste, Health Risks, and Sustainable Alternatives. The prevalence of toxic chemicals in headphones and consumer elec ...

A new study may give electronics and battery recyclers an additional reason to be vigilant in their handling of nickel-cadmium batteries and other cadmium sources. Cadmium has long been considered ...

The site of a Tennessee landfill abandoned by a prominent Nashville entrepreneur in April is now testing positive for unsafe levels of the cancer-causing metal, cadmium. Groundwater tests at the ...

The Nickel-Cadmium, commercial and domestic, recycling and recuperation process is being optimized currently at the Company's contracted pilot plant facilities. The batteries processed are being ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an October 9th news release addressing a Universal Recycling Technologies LLC (“URT”) facility. URT is stated to operate a recycling ...

E-waste can contain lead, mercury and cadmium that pollute soil and water resources if improperly processed or dumped. View on euronews ...

Workers separating circuit boards at a Plainfield, Illinois electronics recycling facility were found to be overexposed to high airborne concentrations of lead and cadmium, putting them at high risk ...