Can we solve the global e-waste problem?
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Company claims 24 billion dollar revenue and says it is the largest e-waste recycler but industry remains fragmented. Global figures: about 12 pounds per person per year and 2 billion phones sold annually; average phone life two years, only 3% recycled, 4% landfilled. For every million phones recycled the firm reports recovering 75 pounds of gold and 772 pounds of silver. Built a processing plant in Reno, reuses components into inventory and has donated over half a million devices to schools and hospitals in sub‑Saharan Africa.
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