Name: Consumers binning ‘enormous’ amount of recyclable TVs, phones, PCs
Uploaded: 2024-04-02T11:14:07-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: Around 62 million tonnes of old or unwanted gadgets were thrown out in 2023, enough to circle the Earth in 40-tonne trucks packed full and parked bumper-to-bumper. The volume of so-called e-waste, which includes mobile phones, TVs and vapes, is “rising five times faster than documented recycling,” according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and […]

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Consumers binning ‘enormous’ amount of recyclable TVs, phones, PCs

Around 62 million tonnes of old or unwanted gadgets were thrown out in 2023, enough to circle the Earth in 40-tonne trucks packed full and parked bumper-to-bumper. The volume of so-called e-waste, which includes mobile phones, TVs and vapes, is “rising five times faster than documented recycling,” according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and […]

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