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E-waste mountain growing five times faster than recycling rate: Report

E-waste mountain growing five times faster than recycling rate: Report

The amount of electronic waste – or e-waste – that we produce is at least 62 million tonnes, and it’s rising five times faster than the amount being recycled.

Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’

Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’

New York, Jan 25 (IBNS): Around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according to a new joint United Nations report – which exceeds the combined weight of all the commercial airliners ever made, or alternatively, enough Eiffel Towers to fill the whole of Manhattan.