According to him, about 1.5 million tons of electronic and electrical equipment waste is generated annually in the country, about two-thirds of which is damaged household appliances.
“On average, the content of precious metals in printed circuit boards is from 25 g per ton,” Butsaev said in a statement.
He concludes that about 955 thousand tons of household appliances are thrown away in Russia a year, which may contain more than 500 kg of gold.
Earlier it became known that 8 million tons of waste were sent for processing in the Moscow region in three years.