Less Than
1%
of rare earth metals are
currently recycled
EPA, 2011
$12 Billion
is spent annually
to identify new virgin
deposits
EPA, 2011
Copper disposed
annually in
e-waste
is equivalent to
a third of
global copper
production
European Commission, 2009
80%
of all platinum group metal &
rare earth mining
took place
in the last
30 Years
WRAP, 2012
More than
a billion
cell phones
are sold
every year
Gartner, 2012
1 ton
of cell phones contains
as much gold as
70 tons
of gold ore
UNU, 2009
Electronic waste is the
fastest growing
waste stream
in the world
EPA, 2008
70% of all
toxic metals
in US
landfills
come from
e-waste
EPA
There are more
rare earth metals
in land filled electronics than in
all known
global reserves
Nature Materials, 2011
Guiyu, the global capital of e-waste,
has the
highest ever
recorded levels
of dioxins
ES&T, 2007
Sourcing metals for electronics
produces
more than
30 million
tons of CO2
every year
UN, 2009
Recycling metals
requires
10% of the
energy
used for
mining metals
UNU, 2009
Every day,
US consumers dispose of
enough cell phones
to cover
over 50
football fields
EPA, 2011
In 2009, More Than
80%
of US consumer
e-waste was
land filled
EPA, 2010
One Third
of the silver and copper mined
globally
is used to
produce electronics
UN, 2009
Guiyu, China
receives
4000 tons
of e-waste
every hour
ES&T, 2009
Less than
15%
of global e-waste
undergoes
any form of
recycling
GIS Watch, 2010
Every day,
US consumers dispose of
Enough TVs
to fill
more than
600 trucks
EPA, 2011
81%
of the energy a
computer consumes comes from its
production
rather than
its use
