- Japan has announced ambitious plans to utilize tons of disused electronic equipment that are discarded every year, as disruptions in international trade threaten shortages of raw materials critical to the country’s high-tech production sector.
- The Environment Ministry announced in late August that it is aiming to double the amount of metals recovered from electronic devices by 2030 and for the resources to be recycled and reused in everything from state-of-the-art electric vehicles to computers and smartphones.
- For the first time in Olympic history, it was announced that every one of the 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals awarded during the Games would be forged from recycled metals.
Japan harvesting junk electronics to tackle resource shortages 14.09.2022
