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Pyrocycle
Exploiting urban mines
Between 40 and 70 million metric tons of e-waste are thrown away each year worldwide*. In Canada, e-waste volumes are expected to reach 4% per year, meaning that over 5 million computers and monitors are thrown away each year. It is crucial to integrate e-waste into the circular economy, allowing for the recycling of previously mined minerals in our cities. Pyrocycle uses non-polluting and cost-effective technology to recycle electrical and electronic waste. The company works both with telecommunication companies - which produce a large proportion of this e-waste - and with municipal waste collection centres.
* According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Project leader(s):
Québec, Canada
since
Mohamed Khalil
Jamal Chaouki
2019
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