14 December, Bonn – “In 2017, 6.2 million metric tonnes (Mt) of mercury-added product waste were generated worldwide,
According to the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership, the whereabouts of most of the global e-waste is currently unknown
About 3/4 of 60,000 tonnes of used electronic equipment shipped to Nigeria
E-waste is referred to as the world’s fastest growing solid waste stream. Since 2000, e-waste has grown from 20 million to 50 million tonnes per year.
SCYCLE authors substantially contributed to the recently published Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook (Elsevier—Woodhead Publishing Series) and to Waste:
Growing electronic waste (e-waste or WEEE) volumes from consumers are
