SCHOOLS and companies are leading the drive to give used gadgets such as phones and computer equipment renewed life, reducing the electronic waste that is piling up at an increasing rate.

The move to recycle e-waste is slowly picking up, thanks to students like those at the Singapore Management University (SMU), who have started collecting unwanted thumbdrives for the needy, and the National University of Singapore (NUS), who recently donated 1,000 old phones to be recycled.

Landfills are rapidly filling up, said recycling companies here such as Recycling Point Dot Com and TES-AMM, which have noticed more items being discarded as people cycle through their TV sets, computers and other appliances more quickly.

Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.