Source: WEEE Forum
14 tonnes of e-waste discarded with regular household garbage every year equals in weight ~24,000 of the world’s heaviest passenger planes – enough to form a queue from London-Helsinki, NY-Miami, Cairo-Tripoli, Bangkok- Calcutta
International E-waste Day 2024:
To mark the upcoming International E-Waste Day, Oct. 14, consumers worldwide are urged to collect dead and/or unused electronics and electrical products and give them a second life through reuse or repair, or recycle them properly.
Proper e-waste management reduces CO2 equivalent emissions by 93 million tonnes per year