Over 3 billion kilograms of valuable electronics inside children’s toys are thrown away each year, and very few people are aware of this hidden e-waste
In advance of International E-Waste Day on 14 October, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum collaborated with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to quantify how much electronic waste the world disposes of without realising it hasIn all, 9 billion kilograms of so-called “invisible” e-waste is thrown away every year, worth nearly $10 billion, according to the analysis.
That is supported by research by a Swiss member of the WEEE Forum, says Charytanowicz, which found that if the electronic function wasn’t the primary function of a device, users didn’t consider it as electronic.We hack almost 100 billion tonnes of stuff from Earth’s surface every year, and most of it goes to waste. Changing that means a complete overhaul of how we live
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