World Economic Forum

A New Circular Vision for Electronics : Time for a Global Reboot / World Economic Forum .-- Geneva World Economic Forum Jaunery 2019 .-- 23 p.

Rapid innovation and lowering costs have dramatically increased access to electronic products and digital technology, with many benefits. This has led to an increase in the use of electronic devices and equipment. The unintended consequence of this is a ballooning of electronic and electrical waste: e-waste. It is difficult to gauge how many electrical goods are produced annually, but just taking account of devices connected to the internet, they now number many more than humans. By 2020, this is projected to be between 25-50 billion,1,2 reflecting plummeting costs and rising demand This report is published as part of the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE)

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