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5.3 billion cell phones to become waste in 2022: report

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More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometers (30,000 miles), more than a hundred times higher than the International Space Station, the WEEE research consortium found.

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BBC News

E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022

Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Hill

Equilibrium/Sustainability — 5.3 billion phones to become waste in 2022

About 5.3 billion mobile devices worldwide are expected to fall out of use this year — and in most cases, experts believe they will end up in the garbage. The amount of resultant waste is so massive that if these smartphones were stacked on top of each other, they would climb about 31,000 miles, the…

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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GMA Filipino News

5.3 billion cell phones to become waste in 2022 —report

2 years ago·Q C, Philippines

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Phys.org

5.3 billion cell phones to become waste in 2022: report

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Digital Trends

More than 5 billion mobile phones to become waste this year

Friday marks International E-Waste Day and this year its organizers want us to think about how we deal with smaller gadgets that we no longer use.

2 years ago·United States

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Spiegel

Environmental experts: 5.3 billion smartphones will become waste in 2022

Old toasters, headphones, cell phones: Europeans are still hoarding far too much electronic waste. It is also easier than ever to dispose of the devices. They contain valuable raw materials.

2 years ago·Germany

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