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International E-waste day

Why in News?

  • International E-Waste Day is held on October 14 every year as an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of e-waste.
  • Slogan: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’.
  • Started by: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum (since 2018.)

The focus of this year International E-waste Day

  • Hoarding of small, unused, dead or broken plug-in and battery-operated products.

What does the survey report conducted by WEEE say on E-waste?

  • One out of every six electronic products in an average European household is hoarded.
  • Roughly 5.3 billion mobile/smartphones will drop out of use this year.
  • The electronics would reach a height of around 50,000 km if stacked flat and on top of each other.
  • Mobile phones/ smartphones have valuable gold, copper, silver, palladium, and other recyclable components.

What is WEEE Forum?

It is an international association of 46 e-waste producer responsibility organizations.