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Urgent Need to Prepare Developing Countries for Surge in E-Wastes
April 13th, 2010 | 
Author: Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances in China, India, elsewhere forecast
Proper e-waste collection, recycling key to recovering valuable materials, protecting health, building new green economy
Bali, 22 February 2010 – Sales of electronic products in countries like China and India and across continents such as Africa and Latin America are set to rise sharply in the next 10 years.
And, unless action is stepped up to properly collect and recycle materials, many developing countries face the spectre of hazardous e-waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and public health, according to UN experts in a landmark report released today by UNEP.
Issued at a meeting of Basel Convention and other world chemical authorities prior to UNEP’s Governing Council meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the report, “Recycling – from E-Waste to Resources,” used data from 11 representative developing countries to estimate current and future e-waste generation – which includes old and dilapidated desk and laptop computers, printers, mobile phones, pagers, digital photo and music devices, refrigerators, toys and televisions.
Full Article: http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=612&ArticleID=6471
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UN warns of e-waste spike in developing nations
Over the next decade, rapidly growing sales of consumer electronics in developing countries, such as China and India, will lead to “the spectre of hazardous e-waste mountains with serious consequences for the environment and public health,” according to a report released this week by The United Nations Environment Programme. The 120-page report, Recycling — From E-Waste To Resources, was compiled using data from 11 developing countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
The report finds that, in the coming decade, the volumes of e-waste created by, and sent to, developing countries is going to rise sharply, finding that, by 2020, “e-waste from old computers” will rise by 500 percent in India, while a 200-percent to-400 percent hike is expected in South Africa and China.
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http://www.unep.org/PDF/PressReleases/E-Waste_publication_screen_FINALVERSION-sml.pdf
