The Rise of E-Waste: Global Community Faces Burgeoning Environmental ProblemA proliferation of electronics in everything from clothing tags to medical equipment, a shortage of funds for enforcement efforts and a lack of coordination among countries and regions about what constitutes e-waste and how ...
Global plastic waste Plastic waste in Europe Plastic waste in the United States Key figures Waste generation Per capita e-waste generation worldwide E-waste generation in Asia Per capita e-waste generation in the UK Waste management Share of e-waste in Northern Europe documented as ...
more than 20.4 million metric tons. Another 15 million metric tons of large equipment waste was also generated that year. Although still accounting for less than one percent of e-waste generated worldwide, the growth insolar PV capacity worldwidehas seen photovoltaic panels as a growing waste ...
The rapid rise in global plastic production in recent decades has resulted in the massive generation of plastic waste. Over 75% of the plastic waste generated in the United States was sent to landfills, with a meager 8.7% recycled. Plast... More by Mark Mba-Wright,emailprotected,* E-mail...
A record 53.6 million metric tons (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21% in just five years, according to the UN's Global E-waste Monitor 2020.
A Review on Global E-Waste Management: Urban Mining towards a Sustainable Future and Circular Economy The trending need for smarter electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is surging globally by the year and is giving rise to huge amounts of outdated EEE going into landfills. This has caused...
Countries already know what the global stocktake will say: they are not on track, BBC reported in September. The world is not on track to limit a temperature rise to 1.5°C by the end of this century. The stocktake does recognize that countries are developing plans for a net-zero future...
(see new sharing platforms Airbnb and Zipcar) but who also expect to collaborate with brands. The shift has been driven in part by platform shifts. The rise of mobiles and tablets has ushered in a new consumer known as Generation C, who is collaborative, creative, conversational and ...
Industrial waste accounts for the largest share of the market, by revenue. Waste generation is surging A key driver for the growth of the global waste management market size is the rise in the world’s population and the subsequent increase in waste generation. In 2016, global municipal ...
Packaging itself takes up almost a third of all plastics production, but only 14 percent of it will be recycled, according to a joint report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation. And this plastic waste problem is escalating with the rise of e-commerce, which is expanding...