The world generated 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022, with only 22.3% documented as formally recycled. A just circular economy must protect informal workers and children, not merely recover valuable metals.
Tag: Circular economy
New Zealand should dismantle buildings with their next use in mind
Construction waste is a design and logistics problem. Deconstruction, source separation, material records and reuse markets can retain value before mixed skips destroy it.
China is giving EV batteries a digital identity. The hard part begins when cars retire
An electric vehicle can leave a showroom as a clean-technology success and reach the end of its first life as a difficult industrial object: heavy, high-vo