Mining E-Waste Gold Potential value and volume of raw materials in e-waste worldwide 2016
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• 50 million tons of e-waste are produced every year around the world. It is worth over 62 billion USD (ILO 2019b).
Value (in billion euros) Gold Copper Plastics Copper Aluminium Iron Palladium 4.4 4.4 Palladium
Figure 4.8 Mining e-waste Potential value and volume of raw materials in e-waste worldwide 2016 Source: Adapted from Baldé et al. (2017) and Loesche (2017).