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"Only 50% of senior IT business leaders recognise the potential economic value
of their organisation’s e-waste, according to a new report from Lenovo.
The ‘Rethinking E-Waste in a Circular Economy’ report shows that while 75% of
businesses measure and track e-waste creation annually, there’s a distinct gap
in understanding how to recover the value — by selling to businesses that
recycle and salvage reusable components and metals, for example.
Only 17.4% of global e-waste is officially documented as formally collected and
recycled, according to the report. Our neck of the woods is even worse, with
Australian and New Zealand official e-waste collections representing only 9% of
the total available amount.
To bring awareness to the potential value of e-waste and the power of the
circular economy, Lenovo has announced a collaboration with Holly Ryan,
Australian sustainable jeweller and founder of her eponymous jewellery brand.
Through this initiative, Ryan has created an exclusive range of rings made from
metals from recycled e-waste. ‘Lenovo Precious Metals’ is a set of four unique,
one-off designer rings made from metals retrieved from e-waste — gold, silver
and platinum — breathing new life into old technology."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
