Green Alliance report highlights benefit of extending restrictions on cars and mobile phones to food, clothes, wood, and plastic
Discarded electronics are proving lucrative for US recycling companies
Analysts Frost & Sullivan says sector has boomed post-slowdown and is set to grow 30 per cent
Defra launches action plan to help businesses protect themselves from supply constraints
But Computer Aid warns EU decision to promote recycling over refurbishment ignores environmental benefits
Charity has raised funds for eight computing rooms made from used shipping containers and powered by solar panels
Computer Aid survey reveals a fifth of companies do not know if their old computers have ended up in landfill
Ministers announce proposals for new e-waste targets, despite criticism from green groups over lack of ambition
Draft legislation would force electronic goods manufacturers to pay for countries to collect 85 per cent of e-waste
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson promises to lead crackdown on soaring levels of electronic waste