The first publication to report the recycling of computers and electronic waste was published on the front page of the New York Times on April 14, 1993 by columnist Steve Lohr.
Esimene publikatsioon, mis rääkis arvutite ja elektroonikajäätmete taaskasutusest, avaldati New York Timesis 14. aprillil 1993 Steve Lohri poolt.