e-waste
These Ming Vases Are Made of Toxic Sludge
Unknown Fields Division traveled to e-waste purgatory and back to source his toxic sculpting material.
This Slum Has the Worst Air Pollution in Mumbai
Half of the city's inhabitants live in slums, where levels of air pollution can be nearly 40 percent higher than in greener, more sparsely populated residential areas.
Obliterated Hard Drives Are Found Art for the 21st Century
For '10 kg,' artists Sebastian Schmieg and Johannes Osterhoff created a new found object from a box of deconstructed hard drives.
We Talked To The Artist Turning E-Waste Into Projected Star Maps
With "Project Project," Julia Christensen transforms old tech into projectors through which she beams animations of obsolete constellations.
The Precious Gold Trapped in E-Waste Can Be Filtered by Fungi
Finnish researchers find that nature's recyclers make for capable gold diggers.
New Installation Made Out E-Waste Inspires Australians To Recycle
Where smartphones go when they die.
These Old School Hackers Used Dead Tech To Make Arcade Game Art
PrintCade turns e-waste into Space Invader-inspired creativity.
If We Don't Rein In E-Waste, Our Kids Won't Be Able to Afford Smartphones
E-waste is slated to rise 33 percent over the next five years. Materials could get scarce enough to drive gadget prices through the roof.
The Scale of Environmental Crime Has Reached Staggering Proportions
Poaching is just one of the black markets worth tens of billions of dollars.
The iPhone 5, Now With Millions Of Tons Of E-Waste
Considering that Apple has sold more than 400 million iPhones, iPads and iPods, it’s a safe bet that the new iPhone 5 will be a huge success. Once people pick up their new toys, old iPhones will end up on eBay, Craigslist and, inevitably, in the trash...
India is the Next Frontier in E-Wastelands
We all know "China is host to a number of e-waste dumping grounds":http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/5/31/your-old-laptops-are-killing-people-in-china--2, but it isn't alone. India is also being crushed under millions of tons of electronic garbage. Some...