The vast scale of Earth's e-waste: 62 million tonnes of phones, TVs and vapes were discarded worldwide in 2022 - weighing the equivalent of 6,000 Eiffel Towers, report reveals From old iPhones to discarded vapes, a shocking new report warns that our old tech is creating unmanageable amounts of e-waste.
The UN report reveals that, in 2022, the world created 62 million tonnes of e-waste - the equivalent weight of 6,000 Eiffel Towers.
Worryingly, the world's waste is increasing by 2.6 million tonnes each year and could hit as much as 82 million tonnes by 2030.
What's more, less than a quarter of that waste is recycled - despite containing billions of dollars of gold and rare minerals.