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The international waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) forum is predicting that at least 5-billion mobile phones will be thrown away, instead of being recycled. Here are the advantages of recycling your phone.
E-waste: Over 5.3 billion mobile phones to become waste this year
There is a growing amount of e-waste worldwide. Around 5.3 billion mobile phones worldwide will likely become e-waste this year.
The international Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum estimates that in 2022, over 5.3 billion mobile phones alone will be thrown out.
The WEEE Forum found that over 5 billion mobile phones today will end up as e-waste. According to them, users might keep their phones in drawers or toss them into bins instead of recycling them.