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E-waste alert: 5.3 bn mobile phones will become waste this year, experts warn
Updated On: 15 October, 2022 02:11 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Mobile phones rank 4th among small products most often hoarded by consumers, which is why so many households and businesses fail to bring waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in for repair or recycling
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As mobile manufacturers recycle valuable components like gold, copper, silver, palladium taken from discarded devices, experts have warned that roughly 5.3 billion mobile/smartphones will drop out of use this year, a majority of them disappearing into drawers, closets, cupboards and garages at homes, or tossed into waste bins.
Average household today contains 74 e-products such as phones, tablets, laptops, electric tools, hair dryers, toasters and other appliances (excluding lamps), according to a new global survey. Of that 74 average total e-products, 13 are being hoarded (9 of them unused but working, 4 broken).
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