How E-Waste Recycling Technology Is Evolving

Humanity generates mountains of electronic waste yearly, an invisible tsunami of discarded smartphones, laptops, TVs, batteries, and circuit boards.

By 2030, as per The Global E-waste Monitor, the world will produce over 82 million tonnes of e-waste, up from 62 million tonnes in 2022. But here’s the shocking part, only 22.3% of that waste was formally collected and recycled. The rest? Dumped, burned, or left to rot, leaking toxic chemicals into our soil, air, and water. Let that sink in.

This crisis is an environmental issue and a missed opportunity, a $91 billion one. That’s the estimated value of recoverable materials like gold, copper, and palladium that we’re letting slip through our fingers.

But 2025 is also a year of hope. Because quietly, persistently, and often under the radar, e-waste recycling technology is evolving. And it’s about time the world started paying attention.

The full article was posted in the publication "Tomorrow's Affairs" on May 11th, 2025

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