{"id":343,"date":"2025-06-11T07:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:58:39","slug":"international-e-waste-day-2025-to-focus-on-critical-raw-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/international-e-waste-day-2025-to-focus-on-critical-raw-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"International E-Waste Day 2025 to focus on critical raw materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-marker=\"1c1628e6-edad-48f2-b3f9-4864d1876564\" data-beyondwords-player=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-529178 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"WEEE\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iStock-1655043634.jpg\"><\/h4>\n<h4>This year\u2019s International E-Waste Day will focus on critical raw materials, the elements essential to the economy that have a high risk of supply disruption and limited substitutes.<\/h4>\n<p>Taking place on 14 October 2025, the 8th edition of International E-Waste Day will focus on highlighting how critical raw materials (CRMs) can be recovered from unused or broken electronic products.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Update-of-WEEE-Collection_web_final_nov_29.pdf\">study by WEEE Forum and UNITAR<\/a> showed that households own an average of 74 EEE items \u2013 excluding lamps and luminaires \u2013 of which 61 items are in use, nine are hoarded but working, and four are hoarded and not working.<\/p>\n<p>The total mass of items in households is 90 million tonnes (Mt) of which 7 Mt is hoarded and working, and 3 Mt is hoarded and broken, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Research published by Material Focus last year, found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/households-hoarding-880-million-unused-electrical-items-material-focus-says\/\">UK households are hoarding 880 million unused electrical items<\/a>, and throwing away 103,000 tonnes of electricals annually.<\/p>\n<p>The research, \u2018Electrical Waste: Challenges and Opportunities\u2019, found that the materials contained inside these \u201clost electricals\u201d are worth \u00a3927 million.<\/p>\n<p>By returning electrical items through official collection channels, consumers play a role in keeping critical resources in the loop and supporting the circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>International E-Waste Day organisers will provide guidance, tools, and local events to help people make informed choices and dispose of their electricals in a way that allows CRMs to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciwm.co.uk\/ciwm\/membership\/ciwm\/membership\/why-join-us.aspx?utm_source=partner_site&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=JuneArticleMembershipBanner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-86763 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"115\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mycrochettips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CIWM-325-Top-100-Circular-Banner-575-x-77.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/international-e-waste-day-2025-to-focus-on-critical-raw-materials\/\">International E-Waste Day 2025 to focus on critical raw materials<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\">Circular Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This year\u2019s International E-Waste Day will focus on critical raw materials, the elements essential to the economy that have a high risk of supply disruption and limited substitutes. 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