"Our results indicate potential for rapid growth of e-waste from 2.6 thousand tons (kt) [per year] in 2023 to around 0.4-2.5 million tons (Mt) [per year] in 2030," they write.
"The point is not to get it right within a percentage, but within an order of magnitude. Are we talking about tens of thousands of tons of e-waste, hundreds of thousands, or millions?"
"Their aim is not to limit adoption of the technology, which they emphasize at the outset is promising and likely inevitable, but to better prepare the world for the tangible results of its rapid expansion."
"However, the physical materials involved in their life cycle, and the waste stream of obsolete electronic equipment ... have received less attention."
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