Laptops, Cell Phones, eGames Defied Slump as COVID-19 Dented 2020's Electronics Sales: UN
Laptops, Cell Phones, eGames Defied Slump as COVID-19 Dented 2020’s Electronics Sales: UN Foreseen drop in 2020 sales-related e-waste : 4.9 million metric tonnes or ~6.4%; Pandemic intensified digital divide between high, middle and low income countries. UNU/UNITAR 9 June 2021, Bonn, Germany - In the first three quarters of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 30% fall in electronic and electrical equipment sales in low- and middle-income countries but only a 5% decline in high-income countries, highlighting and intensifying the digital divide between north and south, according to a new ...
Source: unitar.org