Global Burden of e-Waste

‘A new circular vision for electronics’, a report on e-waste, was released at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan 24.

Remember This: The organisations which supported the preparation of the report included International Labour Organization (ILO); International Telecommunication Union (ITU); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); United Nations University (UNU), and Secretariats of the Basel and Stockholm conventions.

Volume of E-waste

  • The report says that the waste stream has already reached 48.5 million tonnes (MT) in 2018 and the figure is expected ....

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