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Overall, 41.8 million tonnes of "e-waste" - defined as any device with an electric cord or battery - were dumped around the globe in 2014 and only an estimated 6.5 million tonnes were taken for recycling, the United Nations University said.
Global volumes of e-waste were likely to rise by more than 20 per cent to 50 million tonnes in 2018, driven by rising sales and shorter lifetimes of electronic equipment, the UN report said.
The United States led e-waste dumping with 7.1 million tonnes in 2014, ahead of China on 6 million and followed by Japan, Germany and India, it said.
The United States, where individual states run e-waste laws, reported collection of 1 million tonnes for 2012 while China said it collected 1.3 million tonnes of equipment such as TVs, refrigerators and laptops in 2013.
Researchers said in many cases it made economic sense to recover metals that included 16.5 million tonnes of iron, 1.9 million tonnes of copper as well as 300 tonnes of gold.
Global volumes of e-waste were likely to rise by more than 20 per cent to 50 million tonnes in 2018, driven by rising sales and shorter lifetimes of electronic equipment, the report said.
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