About what share of U.S. adults own a cellphone of any kind in 2025?
Answer98%
Cellphone ownership has been near-universal among U.S. adults for years.
Source: Pew Research Center, Mobile Fact Sheet (2025) pewresearch.org
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4 sourced facts about electronic gadgets and e-waste, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
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Going deeper
What share of the world's 2022 e-waste was documented as properly collected and recycled?
Answer22.3%
That leaves roughly $62 billion worth of recoverable materials like gold and copper unaccounted for each year.
Source: UN Global E-waste Monitor 2024 (ITU/UNITAR) (2022) ewastemonitor.info
Expert level
By about how much did global e-waste generation grow between 2010 and 2022?
Answerup 82%
E-waste is now growing about five times faster than the documented recycling rate for it.
Source: UN Global E-waste Monitor 2024 (ITU/UNITAR) (2022) ewastemonitor.info
How much e-waste is the world projected to generate per year by 2030?
Answerabout 82 million tonnes
Meanwhile, the documented recycling rate is actually projected to fall to about 20% by then.
Source: UN Global E-waste Monitor 2024 (ITU/UNITAR) (2024) ewastemonitor.info
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