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Global e-waste report
July 7 , 2020
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- The global e-waste will increase by 38% in the decade between 2020 and 2030.
- It was revealed according to a recent United Nations University (UNU) report.
- The name of the report is “The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report-Quantities, flows, and the circular economy potential”.
- China is the biggest contributor to e-waste with 10.1 million tonnes.
- It is followed by the United States (US) with 6.9 mt and India with 3.2 mt at 2nd and 3rd rank respectively.
- This report is jointly prepared by the Global E-waste Statistics Partnership (GESP), formed by UN University (UNU), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), in close collaboration with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
- UNU is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organization headquartered in Japan.
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016.
- For the first time, these rules brought the producers under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), along with targets.
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