We generate e-waste every year weighs the same as 125,000 jumbo jets 1

We’re burying ourselves under a mountain of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) and it’s putting the environment and the wellbeing of people under growing pressure.

According to a new report launched at Davos 2019, there is so much of it that it would weigh more than 125,000 Boeing 747 jumbo jets – 44.7 million tonnes in total. That’s enough to build 4,500 replicas of the Eiffel Tower. Every year.

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We generate 125,000 jumbo jets worth of e-waste every year. Here’s how we can tackle the problem via World Economic Forum (CC BY SA) https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/0...


Sources of e-waste are almost as varied as the form they take. Everything from mobile phones and computers to toasters and televisions, through to office equipment and domestic solar power systems are contributing to the problem. And although it only amounts to around 2% of all solid waste, it’s responsible for 70% of all hazardous waste.

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