E-waste consists of practically all electrical equipment that has been discarded, from mobile phones to computers, to batteries, printed circuit boards, battery chargers, monitors and to modems, as well as home appliances from music players to light bulbs.
According to the 2015 Global e-waste report released by the United Nations University, Indonesia’s mountain of electronic waste was the highest in all of Southeast Asia at 812 kilotons. Vietnam’s was the second highest at 451 kilotons, followed by Malaysia’s 243 kilotons.
Read our special report here: http://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2017/10/16/state-clueless-as-e-waste-keeps-piling-up.html
(The Jakarta Post / Corry Eylda)
According to the 2015 Global e-waste report released by the United Nations University, Indonesia’s mountain of electronic waste was the highest in all of Southeast Asia at 812 kilotons. Vietnam’s was the second highest at 451 kilotons, followed by Malaysia’s 243 kilotons.
Read our special report here: http://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2017/10/16/state-clueless-as-e-waste-keeps-piling-up.html
(The Jakarta Post / Corry Eylda)
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