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Discarded metals in waste — like copper and gold —could be worth more than $90 billion if the materials were properly reclaimed. Right now, recycled rare earth metals only meet 1% of demand.
The latest Global E-waste Monitor shows that the world produced a record 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022. Only 22% was formally recycled. ... $ 62 billion worth of natural resources was ...
E-waste is considered the "fastest-growing waste stream in the world" [13] with 62 billion kg generated in 2022 with only 22.3% formally documented as being recycled, [14] thus the name 'tsunami of e-waste' given by the UN. [13] Its value is estimated to be $91 billion.
One city suffering from the negative results of the hazardous waste trade is Guiyu, China, which has been called the electronic waste dump of the world. It may be the world's largest e-waste dump, with workers dismantling over 1.5 million pounds of junked computers, cell phones and other electronic devices per year. [18]
It is estimated that the urban population alone produced 1.3 billion tons of municipal solid waste back in 2012, and the number is expected to reach 2.2 billion tons by 2025, which is a massive ...
The report predicts municipal solid waste to rise from 2.3 billion tonnes in 2023 to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050. The direct global cost of waste management was around USD 252 billion in 2020, which could soar to USD 640.3 billion annually by 2050 if current practices continue without reform.
The world is losing the battle against electronic waste, a U.N. expert said on Wednesday, after a report found 62 million metric tons of mobile phones and devices were dumped on the planet in just ...
2013 Waste Atlas report is dedicated to global solid waste management assessment and is based on data from 162 countries and 1,773 cities. [9] According to the outcomes of the report, current annual municipal solid waste generation is assessed to about 1.9 billion tonnes with almost 30% of it to remain uncollected. [10]