Sentences with phrase «electronic waste generated»

Voluntary recycling programs on the part of manufacturers do little good in collecting the millions of pounds of electronic waste generated annually.

Hubert has designed the wristband to be injection - moulded from recycled discarded devices, to take advantage of the 20 to 50 million tonnes of electronic waste generated around the world each year.

«Given the millions of tons of electronic waste generated worldwide every year, the recyclability of our e-skin makes good economic and environmental sense.»

Not exact matches

Two years ago, the U.S. generated an astonishing 2.6 million tons of electronic waste, which is 1.4 percent of the country's total waste stream.

Industrial activities currently generate nearly 7.6 billion tons of solid waste in the U.S. each year, 3,000 % of the total municipal waste generated by Americans annually; on the other hand, electronic waste is currently the fastest growing solid waste stream, growing two to three times faster than any other waste stream.

In 2009 6.6 BILLION pounds of electronic waste was generated in the US (old computers etc).