Study: Almost 45 million tons of e-waste discarded last year
BERLIN (AP) " A new study claims 44.7 million metric tons (49.3 million tons) of TV sets, refrigerators, cellphones and other electrical good were discarded last year, with only a fifth recycled to recover the valuable raw materials inside.The U.N.-backed study published Wednesday calculates that the amount of e-waste thrown away in 2016 included a million tons of chargers alone.The U.S. accounted for 6.3 million metric tons, partly due to the fact that the American market for [...]
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