US consumer electronics recycling grew significantly in 2012: CEA report

E-waste Recycling  |  2013-04-25 07:50:44   |   By

The latest report released Wednesday by the US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) indicates that the rate of responsible electronics recycling has improved significantly in the year 2012

WASHINGTON (Scrap Monster) : The latest report released Wednesday by the US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) indicates that the rate of responsible electronics recycling has   improved significantly in the year 2012.

The CEA initiative eCycling Leadership effort has helped enhanced co-operation among CE manufacturers, retailers, collectors, recyclers, non-governmental organizations and governments. The CE industry in US has so far recycled over 1.3 billion pounds of electronics. The CE companies in the US responsibly recycled 585 million pounds of electronics in 2012. This is 27% higher when compared to the 460 million pounds electronics recycled in 2011.

The report states that the responsible recycling of CE products nearly doubled in two years. It must be noted that the CE companies in the US had recycled a total of 300 million pounds of electronics in 2010.

As of now, the consumers can choose among over 8,000 responsible recycling locations nationwide thus reducing the flow to landfills.

The report also states that almost 99% of the responsible recycling by the members of the eCycling Leadership initiative was carried out in third party certified recycling facilities.

The eCycling Leadership initiative has raised the yearly target of responsible electronics recycling to hit a billion pounds by 2016. The programme codenamed ‘The Billion Pound Challenge’ aims to educate public about the plausible hazards that can be caused by irresponsible recycling activities and also increase public awareness regarding the locations of recycling centres in their locality to boost electronics disposal.

Over 2 billion pounds of CRT Televisions and Computer monitors are anticipated to enter the recycling stream in the coming years.To meet the challenge, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) had recently  launched the CRT Challenge , inviting innovative proposals for efficient use of recycled cathode ray tube (CRT).

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) unites 2,000 companies within the US consumer technology industry. CEA is the industry authority on market research and forecasts, consumer surveys, legislative and regulatory news, engineering standards, training resources and more.