It looks like Britain isn't recycling as many electronics as it used to. We ask an expert what's actually going on.
E-waste is a big problem. We're sitting on piles of old electronics, PC parts, and peripherals, and I'll admit I'm extremely guilty ofwhen I shouldn't. Luckily, there are many ways to recycle your tech, free-of-charge, which we should arguably be using more than we are today.
was properly recycled through official channels. It's being created at a faster pace than it's being dealt with, too, with expectations of the amount of e-waste being generated each year 74.6 metric tons a year globally by 2030, versus around 53.6 Mt in 2019. , it looks like the UK's best years of electronics recycling are already behind it.
The government-set targets in themselves paint a disappointing picture of e-waste collections in the UK, having decreased each year since 2019 with the exception of a small increase between 2021 to 2022—an increase that led to an even greater miss for the year all-told. The amount of displays being recycled has reduced massively since 2016, from 71,265 tonnes then to just 40,428 tonnes this past year. Butler chalks part of that up to decreasing weights due to flat panel screens prevalent today that are far lighter than older screens, but also this idea of a technology transition and how we as customers navigate new technology.Scott Butler, Material Focus
It's essentially a question of what you do with your electronics once you're not using them. I, like many others, tend to stuff it in a drawer, but even old cables and chargers are classed as WEEE. And it's these things that are"easily binned," Butler says.
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