WEEE mountain growing
28 April 2015
Global waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) totalled 41.8 million tonnes in 2014, according to the UN.
In a report, it says the e-waste comprised resources, such as gold, silver and iron, worth $52 billion and contained high volumes of toxic material, including lead glass, mercury and cadmium, as well as 4,400 tonnes of ozone-depleting CFCs.
The UN found that most of the world’s e-waste was not collected in 2014 for proper resource recovery ...
