Recycling e-waste could be worth up to €3.7bn by 2020
Source: Edie.ner, Date: , 2015
Efficient recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) could be worth €3.7bn to the European economy by 2020, a new study has
found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield found that recycling
electronic waste was already worth €2.15bn in 2014 and could rise to €3.67bn by
2020. On top of the significant revenue gain, more effective recovery of
materials could be environmentally beneficial by reducing manufacturers’
reliance on natural resources. The paper, entitled ‘Recycling of WEEEs: an
economic assessment of present and future e-waste streams’ was published by
Professor Lenny Koh from the University of Sheffield.