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UN agencies to help track global e-waste
Source: sify.com, Date: , 2017
Source: sify.com, July 13, 2017:- UN agencies are starting to work together to track and help
deal with a soaring amount of electronic wastes worldwide, the International
Telecommunication Union (ITS) said. As technologies change at great speed, and
as access to and use of electrical and electronic equipment increases, the
products' life cycles have become shorter and many designs do not support
repair or reuse. As a result, the amount of electronic waste, or e-waste, is
growing rapidly, Xinhua news agency quoted the ITS as saying. Most e-waste has
not been properly documented or treated through appropriate recycling chains
and methods. According to the UN Environment Programme, up to 50 million tonnes
of electronic wastes are expected to be dumped in 2017, which sees a 20 per
cent increase from 2015.
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