VIENNA (AN) — The world generated 53.6 million metric tons of electronic waste in 2019, more than one-fifth higher than the amount discarded five years earlier, according to figures released on Thursday by U.N. agencies and a waste management organization.
That is roughly equal to 350 cruise ships as big as the U.K.'s Queen Mary 2, which weighs 149,215 metric tons.
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