According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on December 13, the United Nations reported that in 2016, a total of 44.7 million tons of e-waste were produced globally, an increase of 8% over the previous two years, equivalent to 4,500 Eiffel towers, Waste of electronic products such as cell phones, laptops and refrigerators is packed around the world and is expected to continue to grow substantially in the coming decades, and the United Nations calls on all countries to improve waste recycling and ease the 'scrap crisis'.
According to a report from the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UNU and the International Solid Waste Association, global e-waste could reach 52.2 million tons by 2021, mainly from refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances, but mobile phones And computer waste, and only 20% (8.9 tons) of such wastes, which pose a serious threat to human health and the environment in 2016, are reutilized, mostly in landfills or incinerators The fate of 76% of the world's electronic waste remains unknown.
Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General, said that with the increasing use of electronic equipment, e-waste management has become an urgent issue in today's digital realm, and an increasing number of countries are now implementing e-waste management policies, with 66% of the world's population Countries) were affected by such a policy, while in 2014 only 44% of the population was affected.
According to Vanessa Gray, ITU's expert on electronic scrap technology, technology companies should consider the potential impact of electronic scrap on new products, and Ruediger Kuehr, a UNU Sustainable Recycling Program staff member, Revealed that the most promising way to reduce e-waste is to build a system in which consumers no longer buy equipment and only enjoy the services they bring, so that improper equipment handling and storage will be drastically reduced or reached The ideal state - disappear.