The United Nations (UN) warned that waste fromdiscarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops andrefrigerators is piling up worldwide, and it urged farbetter recycling of the often hazardous rubbish.
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A full 44.7 million tons of e-waste was generatedaround the world in 2016, up 8% from two yearsearlier, and that's the equivalent of 4,500 EiffelTowers, according to a report from the UN'sInternational Telecommunication Union, the UN University (UNU) and the International SolidWaste Association.
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By 2021, the world will likely be cluttered with a full 52.2 million tonnes of such waste, whichtoday consists mainly of fridges, washing machines and other domestic appliances, but alsoincreasingly mobile phones and computers.
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At the same time, this waste, which can pose serious risks to human health and theenvironment, is rarely recycled or properly discarded, with most of it ending up at dumpsitesor in incinerators, according to the report.
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Only 20% of all e-waste, or 8.9 million tons, generated last year was documented as properlyrecycled.
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"E-waste management is an urgent issue in today's digitally dependent world, where use ofelectronic devices is ever increasing," ITU chief Houlin Zhao said in a statement.
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Perhaps the most promising approach to reducing e-waste is a system where consumers nolonger purchase devices, but instead only the services they provide, Ruediger Kuehr of UNU'sSustainable Cycles Programme told AFP.
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