Sustainable electronics reduce environmental load and enable new applications
The amount of electronics will increase and the use of raw materials in the sector is expected to double by 2050. The amount of electronic waste has also almost doubled over the past 16 years, and only 20% of this waste is collected efficiently. The EU therefore calls for more sustainable solutions from the electronics industry. VTT is developing them by combining printed electronics, bio-based materials and ecodesign thinking.The environmental load of the electronics industry can be significantly reduced by moving from traditional manufacturing processes to printed electronics and from