New carbon credits put focus on electronics recycling and reuse

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By Heather ClancyAug 13, 2025, 11:37 am180 ptsTrendingTop
Old computers, mobile phones, data center servers and other electronics make up the world’s fastest growing waste stream —62 billion kilograms in 2022. Less than one-quarter of it is collected and processed into some sort of second life, according to the 2024 Global E-Waste Monitor. A small, four-year-old…

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