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Electronic waste generation rising 5 times faster than recycling: UN

UNITAR, Bonn, and International Telecommunication Union, Geneva A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced in 2022,  Up 82% from 2010; On track

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~5.3 Billion Mobile Phones will Become Waste in 2022

WEEE Forum, Brussels 2022 International E-waste Day slogan: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’ Despite world-leading e-waste management, ~30% of Europe’s stock of mobile

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97% of Latin America’s e-waste is mismanaged; Includes annual $1.7B in recoverable materials

UNIDO and UN University, Bonn 1st Latin American e-waste report covers 13 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama,

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In the news, 2021: Our clients’ most noted science news releases of the year

Terry Collins & Assoc., Toronto Of the 18 science news releases produced in 2021, 16 were environment-themed: food waste, e-waste, oceans, biodiversity, dams, and floods.

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E-waste in former Soviet countries jumps ~50% in a decade; just 3.2% collected, treated

UN University / UNITAR, Bonn Electronic waste generated in the Commonwealth of Independent States + Georgia rose by 50% between 2010 and 2019, roughly the

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