Copper recycled from e-waste (IMAGE)

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Copper recycled from e-waste

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EU27+4 in 2022, compliant treatment recovered approximately 400,000 tonnes of critical raw materials, including 162,000 tonnes of copper. If used as household electrical wiring, that much copper could wrap around the Earth 400 times.

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Magdalena Charytanowicz, WEEE Forum

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