"'Not a dumping ground for the world': Malaysia announces immediate ban on e-waste imports"

#Malaysia #EWaste #Technology

https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/02/05/not-a-dumping-ground-for-the-world-malaysia-announces-immediate-ban-on-e-waste-imports

"Study Shows Vaporizing E-Waste Makes it Easy to Recover Precious Metals at 13-Times Lower Costs"

#EWaste #Technology

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/study-shows-vaporizing-e-waste-makes-it-easy-to-recover-precious-metals-at-13-times-lower-costs/

Socket 12 Sticks of RAM in 1 Minute, Win $120

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/h5bxGrV486WtJ6rRupy4h2

#ewaste find

FYSA: the Hivemappers are shite. custom #hardware for mapping roads as you drive, so you can earn their custom #cryptocurrency which has devalued. These HDC-S models are recently #EOL, and are not recognized in #windows or OS X (I have not tried #Linux or #BSD). They are listed for stupid money on #eBay, but I cant seem to get them to work for anything... would have been interesting as a #camera at least 🤷

#camera #havemapper #ponzi #crypto #fail #EoL

At least in windows the indicator light comes on as it is working/mapping

perhaps a full teardown is in order? 🤔

An organisations in India that we should celebrate and support:

https://toxicslink.org/

They do independent research on waste and the pollution it causes proposing solutions and documenting changes.

It is a difficult job, since the current government of India does not like what they do.
#toxiclink
#scientistsforfuture
#citizenscience
#ewaste
#contamination
#garbage

Malaysia bans e-waste imports, vows to end illegal dumping https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/02/malaysia-bans-e-waste-imports-vows-to-end-illegal-dumping/

#Malaysia #environment #waste #ewaste

Big shout out to JBL who gets my #ewaste Of The Day award for gluing the battery into this bluetooth speaker, making it impossible to replace. There was absolutely no reason to glue it in. There was probably some way to prise it out, or use a load of solvent etc, but frankly that's not the point.

The next speaker I buy, I'll be checking if it has a fully-replaceable battery.

I just successfully replaced the battery in an iPad Pro that's at least a decade old. They really didn't build these things to be repaired. So many things glued in place and four different types of tiny screw when they could have easily done it with just two types.

Anyway, I think I deserve a cookie, maybe two.

#Apple #Electronics #ewaste

Electronic Waste Graveyard Immortalizes Dead Electronics

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/electronic-waste-graveyard-immortalizes-dead-electronics/