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- International E-Waste Day is held on October 14 every year as an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of e-waste.Â
- Slogan is ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’.
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- Roughly 5.3 billion mobile/smartphones will drop out of use this year, according to non-profit Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum, which started the day in 2018.
- The electronics would reach a height of around 50,000 km if stacked flat and on top of each other.
- Mobile phones/ smartphones have valuable gold, copper, silver, palladium and other recyclable components.
Source: DTE
