Global e-waste - statistics & facts Electronic waste has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. With 62 million metric tons generated across the world in 2022, the volume of discarded electronic material has nearly doubled since 2010. Despite this growth, waste management...
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US e-waste statistics The problem is even in our own backyard. Here are a few US e-waste statistics. The social and environmental impact caused by the production of new tech devices is on the radar of 43% of people surveyed in the US. (Back Market) The social and environmental impact ...
(some 400 million according to estimates). Lead, cadmium, mercury and other toxic materials used in this equipment can contaminate the environment. According to the Global E-Waste Statistics Partnership, founded by the ITU, more than 50 million metric tons of e-waste were generated in 2019 ...
Since 2014 the Global E-waste Monitor has provided the most up-to-date overview of global e-waste data, statistics, and progress in policy and regulation. It also offers a glimpse of what the future holds if things change or if they just stay the same. Aug 22, 2024 #collection and ...
the researchers calculated when products were likely discarded based on their estimated lifespan. By comparing estimates of discarded devices with recorded e-waste statistics, they approximated how much waste is generated and recycled in each of five regions — Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and...
TheGlobal E-waste Monitor 2020 (GEM 2020)is a key source of global e-waste statistics produced by the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP) which is led by ITU and the UN Institute for Training and Research Sustainable Cycles (UNITAR-SCYCLE). GESP produces the global, regional and ...
TheGlobal E-waste Monitor 2020is a collaborative product of the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP), formed by UN University (UNU), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), in close collaboration with the UN Environment Programme...
E-waste statistics - Guidelines on classification, reporting and indicators", United Nations University, IAS - SCYCLE, Bonn (Germany) 2015, 51 pages (ISBN ... Currently, countries lack a uniform measurement system for waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE). However, there ...
Results and discussion By comparing sales data with their life-span (average) and population statistics, future e-waste can be quantified both in terms of specified area under investigation and proposed estimation area. The following equation is thus proposed: $$ \\begin{array}{c}\\mathrm{E}-...