UN warns of global e-waste wave as amount of gadgets dumped jumps 21% in 5 years

The Register
Jul 2, 2020, 10:01 am115 pts
Record 53.6 million tonnes produced last year - that's 7.3kg per person on the planet The United Nations is sounding the alarm on increasing levels of e-waste, with 2019 producing a record 53.6 million tonnes of the stuff: an increase of 21 per cent in just the past five years.…

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