Just 22.3% of all the e-waste - any product that has a plug or battery - was properly collected and recycled in 2022.
GENEVA (AN) — U.N. agencies say the mountain of waste from discarded electronics and metals has been rising so fast that efforts to recycle it around the world can't keep up.
A record 62 million metric tons of e-waste were produced in 2022 and are expected to rise to 82 million metric tons by 2030, according to a report on Wednesday from the International Telecommunication Union and U.N. Institute for Training and Research, or UNITAR.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
