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ELECTRONIC WASTE
IS BOOMING
source: UNEP, ‘E-waste in Asia
and the Pacific’, June 2004,
www.icteap.org/events/e-waste/
bgpaperdoc.pdf
www.svtc.org/cleancc/pubs/
ppcttv2004.pdf
www.svtc.org/cleancc/pubs/
2002report.htm
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Growing dependence on electronic products has given rise to a new environmental challenge: e-waste.
Did you know?
- In the EU the WEEE* growth is about 3 times faster than the growth of average municipal waste.
- In 2003, e-waste worth US$1.5 billion was generated in India.
- In the United States, e-waste already makeup approximately 1% of the total municipal solid wastes in the country.
- 4 million PCs are discarded every year in China.
* Waste electric and electronic equipment.<:i>
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