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# [Living Green Technology Electronics Recycling News](https://blog.livinggreentechnology.org/blog/living-green-technology-electronics-recycling-news)

 Written by [Steven Hoag](https://blog.livinggreentechnology.org/blog/author/steven-hoag) | Jan 5, 2018 8:00:00 AM

 

#### [**National Geographic: Each U.S. Family Trashes 400 iPhones’ Worth of E-Waste a Year**](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/e-waste-monitor-report-glut/)

According to "[The Global E-Waste Monitor 2017](http://bit.ly/2AEOhRz)", a collaborative initiative between the United Nations University, the International Telecommunications Union, and the International Solid Waste Association, e-waste will grow 17% by 2021 to 52.2 million metric tonnes. E-waste will become the fastest growing part of Earth's domestic waste. To put this in perspective, the average American household's contribution would be a pile of 176 pounds of electronics waste in your living room. Collectively, the world throws away at least $55 billion in recoverable materials by failing to recycle e-waste. This means we are essentially wasting a lot of nonrenewable and valuable materials like gold, silver, copper, platinum, and more.

#### [**US News: More Than 260,000 Tons of E-Waste Collected in New York**](http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2017-12-24/more-than-260-000-tons-of-e-waste-collected-in-new-york)

According to the NY Department of Environmental Conservation, more than 260 thousand tons of electronic waste has been collected in the first six years of New York's e-waste recycling program. New York has also given over $3 million in grants to help local communities cover their recycling expenditure. New York has also made putting electronics in the trash illegal to discourage citizens from contributing to the growing e-waste problem. Moreover, it has tried to make recycling easier by coordinating local collection events, drop-off locations, pick-ups, and more.

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