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UN agencies to help track e-waste worldwide
Source: News Times, Date: , 2017
Source: New Times, July 14, 2017:- In a world full of digital and high-tech devices, 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 on Wednesday. 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. Most e-waste has not been properly documented or treated
through appropriate recycling chains and methods. According to the UN
Environment Program, up to 50 million tonnes of electronic wastes are expected
to be dumped in 2017, which sees a 20-percent-increase from 2015.
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