August 31st, 2023
This report was developed for the United States Energy Association (USEA) to describe the opportunity for recovering critical materials (CMs) from electronic waste (e-waste). The research summarized herein includes: 1) a review of the location and purpose of CMs in a selection of electronic devices, 2) descriptions of the current supply chain, recycling infrastructure and the challenges they pose in achieving e-waste circularity, and 3) an assessment of state-of-the art recovery technologies, their current scales, and the existing gaps.
