CTA Report Applauds CE Shortfall in Reaching a Billion Pounds of Recycled Goods
CTA spun the consumer electronics’ industry’s shortfall in reaching the eCycling Leadership Initiative’s goal to recycle 1 billion pounds of CE products annually by 2016 as a positive result, in the industry’s April 2017 sustainability report. In a year-by-year breakdown…
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since the ELI was announced in 2011, the industry posted yearly gains until 2016, when the weight of electronics recycled fell from 700 million pounds -- the peak year -- to 630 million pounds, CTA said Thursday. The decrease should be “celebrated, not disparaged,” CTA said. “As electronics become smaller, lighter and thinner, fewer materials are required to create them.” ELI is a collaboration among manufacturers, retailers, collectors, recyclers, nongovernmental organizations and local, state and federal governments. Currently, 25 states have 25 different approaches to recycling electronics, leading to a “patchwork of regulation” that’s complex and burdensome, said CTA, which supports a single national approach.