November 2016
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E-SCRAP
Our e-gadgets are continuing to shrink in size. Last year, small appliances accounted for 55% by weight (4.9 billion pounds or more than 2.2 million tonnes) of the devices considered ready for end-of-life treatment in the USA, Carole Mars of the Sustainability Consortium told delegates at the recent E-Scrap Conference in New Orleans.
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