Only
a third of Europe's electronic waste is properly recycled, with vast numbers of
cellphones, computers and televisions illegally traded or dumped, a study led
by the United Nations and INTERPOL said on Sunday. Sweden and Norway were close
to European targets of collecting and recycling 85 percent of all electrical
and electronic waste, at the top of a ranking in which Romania, Spain and
Cyprus were bottom with less than 20 percent, it said. European rules demand
recycling of "e-waste", products with a plug or a battery, to recover
metals such as gold or silver and avoid release of toxins such as lead or
mercury.