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Critical Raw Materials Are a Vital New Currency - RECYCLING Magazine
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Europe generates millions of tons of electronic waste, key to recycling critical materials and strengthening its strategic autonomy.
In the future, Europe would extract 1 million tons of critical raw materials from e-waste, which could make the continent much more resilient to global shocks.
Critical raw materials are a vital new currency - RECYCLING magazine
Discarded phones, laptops, servers, cables, appliances and other e-products in the EU27+4 (EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway) annually now contain roughly 1 million tonnes of critical raw materials (CRMs), the report says, essential metals and minerals for powering green technologies, digital infrastructure, and modern defence. The Critical Raw Materials Outlook for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment report prepared by the European…
"By exploiting our own electronic waste instead of the planet, Europeans have a great opportunity to build our own...
Europe could double the critical raw materials obtained from its electronic waste in 2050 and strengthen its green independence. The continent holds in its discarded appliances an urban mine of more than one million tons of strategic materials, essential for the ecological and digital transition. This is indicated by the new report Critical Perspectives on Raw Materials for Electrical and Electronic Waste Equipment, prepared by the European cons…
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