Study finds that the US electronics recycling industry is booming with billions in profits

by Laura Domela

According to a new report by the International Data Corporation, the United States’ electronics recycling industry is booming with 3.5 million tons of electronics recycled in the US in 2010 and resold at home and abroad. The study, the most comprehensive of its kind ever conducted in the US says that the industry employs 30,000 workers and has an estimated revenue of over $5 billion. With US consumers buying more electronics each year, the study says, the industry has nowhere to go from here but up. via Inhabitat

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Study finds that the US electronics recycling industry is booming with billions in profits

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