U.S. tops world e-waste ranking with 9.4 million tons per yearDecember 25, 2013 - 12:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Brazil has generated 1,4 million tons of electronic waste last year - the equivalent of 7 kilos per person, says a study by UN partnership organization StEP Initiative, according to ZDNet. The research says the yearly world volume of end-of-life electronic devices is expected to increase to 65.4 million tons by 2017 - a 33 percent jump in five years of electronics that have been used and discarded. In Latin America, Brazil leads the ranking, with two million tons of electronic put on the market and 1.4 million tons of such waste being generated in 2012. Second on the ranking is Mexico, with 1.5 million tons of electronic put on the market and 1 million tons of waste generated last year. Despite the alarming number in Latin America, the e-waste management situation in other countries is also far from rosy, ZDNet says. The U.S. leads in the e-waste league table, at 9.4 million tons per year; this means Americans produce an average of 29.8kg in e-waste each citizen per year. China comes in second with 7.3 million tons, but the individual e-waste production is low in comparison to other countries at the top of the ranking, with each person averaging 5.4kg of e-waste. Photo: mikebiddle.com Related links: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |