This is a selection of curated news articles of interest to Ecotech Services, especially those relating to New Zealand. It covers matters relating to repairing and recycling electronics, electrical, and computer items.
There are fresh calls for New Zealand to deal with its problematic e-waste and stop tonnes of potentially harmful rubbish ending up in our landfills every year.
The makers of smartphones and electronic and household appliances will have to specify how their products can be repaired under a French move to curb the practice of “planned obsolescence”.
A new plan to regulate product stewardship may reduce waste and create jobs, but experts say it crosses the starting line, not the finish.
E-scrap generated around the world continues to soar with the added concern that only a fraction is recycled and the gap is getting bigger.
Govt moves to regulate stewardship schemes for e-waste, plastic packaging and tyres.
A charging e-unicycle is thought to have burst into flames sparking a fire on the 11th floor of a central Auckland apartment building.
New Zealand produces some 80,000 tonnes of electronic waste every year – but we recycle less than two percent of it.
Injuries, dramatic rescues and homes gutted – all the result of fires caused by multi-plug power boards.