Archive for March 11th, 2007
40 Million Tonnes of Electronic Waste Each Year
E-Waste Dumping Needs International Solution
By Stephen Leahy
Mar 9 (IPS) – A global public-private partnership was launched this week to reduce the toxic mountains of electronic waste and recycle increasingly valuable metals and components.
Much of the nearly 40 million tonnes of “e-waste” — discarded electronics and electrical appliances — produced globally each year ends up in China, India and other developing countries.
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