“ What is it that you ' re creating ? Was it an environmentally responsible process ? What is going to happen at the end of its life ?”
E-waste represents 2 % of America ' s landfill waste , but it equals 70 % of overall toxic waste . Globally , up to 50m metric tonnes of e-waste is disposed of annually . IBM is looking at the lifecycle of its products to reduce the volume of e-waste , with data from its annual ESG report showing the goal of limiting products sent to landfill to 3 %, through reusing and recycling products .
In 2021 , IBM reused , resold or recycled 97.7 % of its end-of-life products , sending 2 % to waste-to-energy plants and a final 0.3 % to landfill . Anderson hopes more manufacturers will follow .
“ I think that , as sustainability gets more in the consumer ' s mind , all manufacturers will respond to these issues . Right now , the
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