If we look at the worth of global e-waste, it would seem unfair to call waste electronic items waste. The last updated statistics show that the worth of e-waste generated in 2019 was equivalent to $57 billion. Residential users were a big contributor to e-waste. Cell phones alone contributed massively to global e-waste.
According to 2014 figures from the EPA, Americans throw out approximately 416,000 mobile phones each day, which equates to over 151 million phones thrown away in one year. For every 1 million cell phones that are recycled, 35,274 lbs of copper, 772 lbs of silver, 75 lbs of gold, and 33 lbs of palladium can be recovered. All this information was just to inform you that e-waste is not waste. Now, let’s find out how e-waste recycling services can be beneficial for residents.