First-of-its-kind full-infrastructure analysis by Basel Action Network projects 395 to 617 million tonnes of AI-driven electronic equipment could be retired between 2025 and 2050. If packed into shipping containers and placed end to end, they would circle the Earth about six times.
Read MoreToday, the Basel Action Network (BAN), released a new investigative report, “Brokers of Shame: The New Tsunami of American e-Waste Exports to Asia”, documenting how a group of large U.S brokers appear to be facilitating what BAN estimates to be a billion-dollar trade in exporting electronic waste to developing countries.
Read MoreSeattle, USA, Durres, Albania. October 21, 2024. An estimated 2,100 total metric tonnes of suspected hazardous waste packed in 102 containers are expected to be returned to their country of origin, Albania, on October 27th, 2024, via the Italian port of Gioia Tauro after having sailed all the way to Singapore on their intended pathway to Thailand.
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