This article originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   We all know electronics have become central to modern society, and disposal numbers quantify their growing ubiquity. E-scrap volumes from U.S. households have increased from just over 200,000 metric tons annually in 1991 to a peak of 2.3 million metric...

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of E-Scrap News. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   We all know electronics have become central to modern society, and disposal numbers quantify their growing ubiquity. E-scrap volumes from U.S. households have increased from just over 200,000 metric tons annually in 1991 to a peak of 2.3 million metric tons...