ll of our used electronics are here to stay — unfortunately, we haven't figured out what to do with them yet. A new interactive e-waste map, created by the UN partnership organization StEP Initiative, shows that the volume of our e-waste, or any disposed item with an electrical cord or battery, is growing. And the international challenge of exporting and recycling them isn't being sufficiently addressed.
According to data collected by the StEP Initiative, the annual world volume of end-of-life electronics is expected to jump one-third to 65.4 million tons by 2017. That's a 33 percent jump, in five years, of the refrigerators, TVs, mobile phones, computers, e-toys, and other electronics people around the world have used and discarded.
That's enough information to make your head spin, but this new map makes all that data easier to process. Click on a continent and a country and you'll see an overview of the country's e-waste statistics, as well as any rules it has to regulate the waste. In a statement, Ruediger Kuehr of United Nations University and executive secretary of the StEP Initiative said researchers hope the map will spur countries to handle their e-waste, in addition to raising awareness among the general public.
ll of our used electronics are here to stay — unfortunately, we haven't figured out what to do with them yet. A new interactive e-waste map, created by the UN partnership organization StEP Initiative, shows that the volume of our e-waste, or any disposed item with an electrical cord or battery, is growing. And the international challenge of exporting and recycling them isn't being sufficiently addressed.
According to data collected by the StEP Initiative, the annual world volume of end-of-life electronics is expected to jump one-third to 65.4 million tons by 2017. That's a 33 percent jump, in five years, of the refrigerators, TVs, mobile phones, computers, e-toys, and other electronics people around the world have used and discarded.
That's enough information to make your head spin, but this new map makes all that data easier to process. Click on a continent and a country and you'll see an overview of the country's e-waste statistics, as well as any rules it has to regulate the waste. In a statement, Ruediger Kuehr of United Nations University and executive secretary of the StEP Initiative said researchers hope the map will spur countries to handle their e-waste, in addition to raising awareness among the general public.
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