| It goes without saying that it is the developed countries that generate the bulk of the e-waste. |
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| Duncan says it is important that consumers of computers and other potential e-waste think ahead when they buy. |
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| Even as India heads for an e-waste crisis, most of the global electronic brands have no functioning e-waste takeback services in India. |
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| No doubt as a metropolis and the largest economic centre in China, Shanghai will inevitably produce a huge amount of such e-waste. |
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| Beckles highlighted the issue yesterday during the opening ceremony of a two-day symposium on e-waste at Crowne Plaza, Port-of-Spain. |
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| What really counts is not the funds and technology to dispose of e-waste but the collecting network. |
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| The e-waste generated annually worldwide is thought to be in the 20-50 million-ton range. |
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| Gattuso also points out the lack of scientific evidence that e-waste in landfills presents health risks. |
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| The recycling of e-waste can thus provide business opportunities for the enterprising. |
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| They see e-waste getting plugged into municipal waste collection procedures. |
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| Ravindra said most of the IT companies were not fully aware of the implications of unscientific disposal of e-waste. |
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| Using current deposit recycling programs as a model, there's an effort afoot to have manufacturers take responsibility for e-waste. |
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| China, for example, has become a cache for vast amounts of e-waste. |
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| Without doubt the disposal of e-waste poses a difficult problem. |
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| Approximately 55 million computers will be retired this year alone, making up the majority of the 3 million tons of e-waste that annually ends up in landfills. |
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| Most departments and agencies do not have equipment to weigh palletized e-waste. |
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| Globally e-waste is an intensifying problem. |
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| Washington has ignored the e-waste problem. |
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| They are the most valuable form of e-waste. |
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| What is the biggest misunderstanding about e-waste? |
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| They categorize the management of e-waste as being a part of Green Goods and Services industry. |
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| Of the nearly 50 million metric tons of e-waste generated worldwide, 70 percent ends up in China where it is often picked apart, re-marked, and sold as new. |
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| The heat-triggered self-destructing electronic devices could be a step toward cutting e-waste, currently a major cost driver and a source of international outrage. |
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