New scheme to dispose of electronic waste | Stuff.co.nz7 December 2017 – Late last year, Nelson Environment Centre (NEC) moved premises to Ecoland so it could set up its electronic waste recycling service for Nelson and Tasman, the only e-waste…

UN-backed body ‘right’ to single out New Zealand as an e-waste laggard | New Zealand 14 December 2017 – New Zealand deserves being “named and shamed” in a United Nations-backed report on e-waste, says campaigner Laurence Zwimpfer. 

Recycled lithium volumes still ‘relatively low’ | Global7 December 2017 – The total volume of recycled lithium could reach 5800 tonnes – or 30,000 tonnes lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) – in 2025, according to a new analysis from Creation Inn. Long service lives, positive prospects for second use and poor collection of portable batteries are said to be the main reasons behind this ‘relatively low’ figure.
By 2025, recycled lithium will represent 9% of the world’s total lithium battery supply.

HBRC’s Leaf Fund assists with E-Waste Recycling | New Zealand19 October 2017 – HBRC’s Leaf Fund assists with E-Waste Recycling. A Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Environmental fund has helped subsidise the cost to people of taking their e-waste…

Landfill levy fails to make a dent on dumps | New Zealand3 July 2017 – The current waste disposal levy has not worked to cut the amount of rubbish sent to landfill and recyclers and councils want it to be much higher.

Scientists discover how to ‘crush’ the e-cycling problem | India23 June 2017 – The consortium uses a cryo-mill to pulverise electronic waste – primarily the computer chips and polymers that make up printed circuit boards – into particles so small that they…

Household battery recycling trial starts up at Lincoln | New Zealand14 June 2017 – Christchurch home battery recycling trial is believed to be the first in NZ.

Battery recycling comes to Selwyn | New Zealand3 May 2017 – Lincoln Envirotown coordinator Meredith Jones arrives to collect the first load of batteries deposited at Lincoln New World for recycling.

Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and MacBooks | United States21 April 2017 – Documents obtained by Motherboard: “No reuse. No parts harvesting. No resale.”

Battery metals recovery breakthrough in Malaysia | Malaysia 3 March 2017 – A team of Malaysian researchers has discovered a new way to extract lithium and cobalt from scrap batteries. The innovative hydrometallurgical approach has recovered both metals in laboratory-scale tests from standard lithium batteries with ‘reasonable efficiency’.

Silicon will blow lithium batteries out of water, says Adelaide firm | Australia10 February 2017 – An Adelaide company claims to have developed a silicon storage device that costs a tenth as much as a lithium ion battery to store the same energy and is eyeing a $10 million public float.

Samsung blames Galaxy Note 7 fires on faulty batteries (Update)23 January 2017  – The world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung blamed faulty batteries on Monday for the fires that hit its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device last year, as it sought to draw a line…

Battery pile growing one month into recycling trial | New Zealand21 January 2017 – Palmerston North residents are being offered help to recycle batteries.