Producing Tech

3,190 gallons of water = 1 cellphone Extraction of valuable resources is needed for creating technology. For example, if you recycle 1 million phones, we would recover 772 lbs of silver & 75 lbs of gold. When mining, it leads to habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, and spread of toxic water. The extraction of valuable resources causes land, water & air pollution. There's around 146 million tons of carbon produced, and roughly only 80% is used for production, 15% is for the lifetime of the phone, and the rest is for the transportation between the supplier and the buyer. Only about 16% is recycled.

Production Rate

53.6 million tons of e-waste produced/year
- 20% is recycled
- 80% is put into a landfill

Benefits of Recycling

1 million phones recycled ----> 772 lbs of silver recycled, 75 lbs of gold recycled

Impacts of Emails

20 emails a day -----> 1000 KM driving

Impacts of AI

CHAT GPT can consume roughly about 126,000 liters of water annually

Technology uses alot of minerals

On average, around 35 different materials are used in smartphones. Plastic is the second most-used material after silicon, and as you likely know, it is made from fossil fuels. Its production involves energy-intensive processes that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases and poses significant environmental risks.

Following plastic, key materials include iron, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, tin, nickel, and barium. which results in depletion of natural resources and the destruction of natural habitats.

the biggest gold mine in Egypt

The threat of running out completely is approaching

The global population currently stands at 7.2 billion and continues to rise. However, Earth's resources can only sustainably support about 2 billion people at the present rate of consumption. If you do the math, the outcome is clearly unsustainable. Right now, we are consuming 2 to 3 times more natural resources than the planet can regenerate. Without immediate action, the depletion of these resources will have severe consequences—and the future will be far from pleasant. A barren, drought-stricken Earth is not a place anyone would want to live.

The biggest at threat natural resource:

Water

the depletion of water is much worse than the depletion of oil as we can use other thing to substitute it but when it comes to fresh drinking water, that can not be substituted which is why we need to act more quickly.

70% of the available fresh water that remains in used in agriculture, 20% in industry and only 10% is being used for human consumption.