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Equipment used to train and run generative AI models could produce up to 5 million tons of e-waste by 2030, a relatively small but significant fraction of the global total. Generative AI could account ...

As a Finnish citizen and a member of the electronic waste recycling industry in Malaysia, I feel compelled to respond to Michael Soh’s letter titled “Hypocritical to label Malaysia a dumping ground ...

A police team examining a mountain of e-waste found at a factory by the Sungai Siput-Kuala Kangsar road in Perak last month. (Bernama pic) Illegal e-waste operations have made the headlines in ...

As technology accelerates, so too does Australia's electronic waste problem. "With generative AI [artificial intelligence], there's a lot of waste and new waste streams coming from data centres," ...

As the world’s appetite for computers, smartphones and other electronic devices grows ever bigger, the other side of the coin — e-waste — is raising alarms. According to a UN report released in 2024, ...

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