GLOBAL E-WASTE MONITOR 2020 – UNU/UNITAR SCYCLE










Global E-waste Surging: Up 21 per cent in 5 Years according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020.
A record 53.6 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019 — the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2; $57 billion in gold and other components discarded — mostly dumped or burned .