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2016

THE I SR I SCRAP YEARBOOK

Flow of Used Electronic Products (UEPs) In February 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released its study on Used Electronic Products: An Examination of U.S. Exports , the most comprehensive report on the collection and export of UEPs that found more than 80 percent of the UEPs collected in the U.S. were recycled, reused or refurbished domestically while only 17 percent of UEPs were being sent for export. A subsequent report released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT) Materials Systems Laboratory and the U.S. National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER) in 2013 indicates that more than 90 percent of used electronics collected for recycling within the U.S. remain in the U.S. for processing and are not exported. Taken together, the USITC and MIT/NCER studies provide irrefutable evidence that used electronics products are being reused and recycled in America, not “dumped” into developing countries as proponents of export controls have argued for years.

• Tested &Working UEPs (47,098 tons) • Working UEPs (58,021 tons) • Commodity Grade (323,772 tons)

Domestic Refurbishment & Recycling 3.64 million tons

82.7%

12.1%

• Other (includes exports destined for redistribution, repair & recycling through channels such as warrenty programs & tracked distribution networks) 102,295 tons

Collected UEPs 4.4 million tons

Export 0.76 million tons

THE“SLIVER” • Final Disposal (5,768 tons) • Recycling/disposal at Export Destination (84,941 tons) • Unknown 135,826 tons

5.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. International Trade Commission, ISRI

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