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TOKYO -- As the world embraces electric vehicles as a solution to carbon dioxide emissions, there is too little discussion of the environmental h

We humans now use about 34 billion digital devices 1—including desktop computers, tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, smart appliances, video game consoles, computers in cars, telecommunications network devices, and data center servers. The telecom industry predicts we will have 50 billion IoT-connected objects 2 within a few years. 34 billion devices produce tons of non-recycled electronic waste (e-waste, also called waste electrical and electronic equipment, WEEE). For example, once they becom...