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Electronic waste in 13 Latin American countries rose by 49% between 2010 and 2019, roughly the world average, but just 3% was collected and safely managed, a fraction of the 17.4% global average, according to the UN’s first assessment of Latin America’s e-waste volume, legislation, and management infrastructure.
In 2019, e-waste generated by 206 million citizens in the 13 countries reached 1,300,000 tonnes (1.3 megatonnes, of which almost 30% was plastic) – equal in weight to a 670 km line of fully-loaded 40-ton trucks. The comparable figure in 2010 was 900,000 tonne...
A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced in 2022, Up 82% from 2010;
On track to rise another 32%, to 82 million tonnes, in 2030;
Billions of dollars worth of strategically-valuable resources squandered, dumped;
Just 1% of rare earth element demand is met by e-waste recycling.
Contacts:
Ruediger Kuehr, SCYCLE, UNITAR, +49 228 815 0213/4, ruediger.kuehr@unitar.org
David Hirsch, ITU, +41 22 730 5092; pressinfo@itu.int
Terry Collins, +1 416 878 8712; tc@tca.tc
The full Global E-waste Monitor report is available at: www.globalewaste.org, 20 March 2024,...
UNITAR celebrates its 50th anniversary since its inception in December 1963. The Institute organized commemorative events both in Geneva and New York.
Geneva
28 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in cooperation with the Group of 77 and China, Geneva Chapter, organized a high-level event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of UNITAR, and to sign a Framework of Cooperation between G77 and UNITAR.
All Permanent Missions based in Geneva were invited to the event and it was attended by more than 150 partic...
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