All About E-Waste: Understanding the Problem and Finding Solutions 

Intengine's Writer Community

May 17, 2023

Short for “electronic waste”, e-waste refers to any discarded device or equipment that has a plug, battery or electrical cord—from old mobile phones and laptops to refrigerators, televisions and even electric toothbrushes. With the increasing rate of product obsolescence, shorter device life span, and the insatiable consumer demand for the latest tech models, it’s no surprise

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A spoonful of sugar for long-lasting lithium–sulfur batteries

Sustainability Matters

September 13, 2021

Australian researchers say they have managed to stabilise lithium–sulfur battery technology, long touted as the basis for the next generation of batteries, by simply using a glucose-based additive on the positive electrode — a spoonful of sugar, if you will. In theory, lithium–sulfur batteries could store 2–5 times more energy than lithium-ion batteries of the same weight. The

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Can you recycle a hard drive? Google is quietly trying to find out

Grist News

August 2, 2021

Rare earth magnet recycling is about so much more than sustainable data centers.

The US wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it?

Grist News

June 30, 2021

Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.

Your electric vehicle could become a mini power plant

Grist News

June 21, 2021

And that could make the electrical grid work better for everyone.

Think climate change isn’t ‘click-worthy’? These bots disagree.

Grist News

June 16, 2021

Two artists and their army of ad-clicking bots are taking a stand.

Electronic waste will go down because of COVID, but for all the wrong reasons

Grist News

June 15, 2021

"It is a reduction, though it is not good for the world."

Let’s Look at 6 Digital Transformation Trends for 2021

Umar Bajwa

May 24, 2021

2020 was a year like no other, setting in new challenges in the digital market. While some of these challenges were already featured in the market, they took a new shape that shook organizations to apathy. Consequently, there was a need to follow new digital transformation strategies to keep the businesses in tandem with the new challenges.

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Inside Salesforce’s bold play for supply-chain leadership

GreenBiz Group

May 3, 2021

Last week, the cloud-based software company Salesforce notified its thousands of suppliers that it will include language in all future procurement contracts requiring them, among other things, to set science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. And it set financial penalties for those that don’t. It was an unprecedented and bold move that, if emulated by others and

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7 Actions CIOs Should Take To Survive During an Economic Downturn

Muhammad osama

April 28, 2021

Minimizing your non-essential expenditure, you can save some money, which you can use for something more important such as upgrading to the best dedicated server.