A staggering 45 million tons of ewaste - 4,500 times the weight of the Paris Eiffel tower - are dumped worldwide every year.
Just 20% are documented and recycled.
3,600 Eiffel Towers of eWaste simply 'disappear'.
Main receiving countries in Asia are China, India, Thailand and Vietnam.
Read the findings of a study by the World Economic Forum presented in Davos.
Download the study here https://lnkd.in/fmWx_5q
DOUBLE TROUBLE In these fast growing economies eWaste imports add up to a growing internal consumption with no recycling infrastructure in place, lax environmental laws and little enforcement.
Following China, Thailand banned eWaste imports only in late 2018.
MAIN BARRIERS
- locally adapted process design
- collecting enough material volume that makes investing into state-of-the-art, industrial scale, clean recycling facilities commercially feasible
WHAT TO DO
1. Manufacturers and local administrations need to design and implement schemes to take back end-of-life electronic products from consumers
2. Project developers need support in design, finance and implementation of eWaste reycling facilities in fast growing Asian economies
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