International E-Waste Day was created by the WEEE Forum in 2018. This initiative, celebrated on the 14th of October, involves 78 countries and 172 organisations.
The aim of the event is to raise public awareness of the dangers of electrical waste and the need to recycle and treat it properly, as it is one of the most dangerous and fastest growing waste streams in the world.
How did Electrão mark this event?
In European houses there areThere are
700
million broken or unused mobile phones in European homes
Every year
62 million
tons of electrical waste are produced worldwide
Of the 62 million tons, only
12%
are correctly sent for recycling and treated
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