| Summary/Abstract |
The US-EPA has estimated a 5% to 10% global increase in the generation of e-waste each year. In 2014, E-waste generated globally amounted to cooling and freezing equipment (17%), Large equipments (28%) small equipments (31%), Lamps (2%), Screens (15%), small IT (7%). Total global e-waste in 2014 was 41.8m tonnes equivalent to 6,000 Eiffel Towers. The top 6 e-waste generating countries included USA (8m tonnes), China (6m tonnes), Japan (4m tonnes), and India (2m tonnes) among others.
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