{"id":26852,"date":"2024-08-12T19:11:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T19:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/?post_type=event-post&p=26852"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:58:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T09:58:33","slug":"recover-e-the-story-with-a-beginning-middle-and-end-to-e-waste","status":"publish","type":"event-post","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-events\/leaders-sport-awards\/2024-categories-draft\/recover-e-the-story-with-a-beginning-middle-and-end-to-e-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Recover-E: the story with a beginning, middle, and end to e-waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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    Alarm off, power up, log in, click, swipe, tap, message, email, DM, post, share, like. From the minute we wake up to the moment we go to bed, we are becoming increasingly reliant on technology to live our lives. This creates an unmanageable amount of electronic waste.<\/p>\n

    Vapes, mobile phones, laptops, MP3 players, cables, plugs, batteries; anything that can be plugged in inevitably ends up being thrown out. According to the World Health Organisation\u2019s report, annual e-waste production is on track to reach a colossal 75 million tonnes by 2030 and is the next greatest environmental threat to the planet. In 2022, the UK generated the second largest amount of e-waste as a country, and we throw away 1.3 million single use vapes every week, per annum this is enough to cover 22 full-size football pitches.<\/p>\n

    Sobered by these statistics, Envision Racing decided to act and build the world\u2019s first Formula race car made entirely from e-waste. \u2018Recover-E\u2019 raised awareness of the increasingly urgent issue of e-waste and inspired change. It was a groundbreaking global campaign that put a metaphorical flag on top of the world\u2019s actual piles of growing e-waste that said, \u201cThis is not ok, but together we can fix it\u201d. Recover-E showed people that electronic waste is not actually waste but is made of valuable materials that need to be reused.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/div>\n

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