{"id":213914,"date":"2025-10-20T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/213914\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:25:10","slug":"e-waste-per-capita-europe-leads-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/213914\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Waste Per Capita: Europe Leads the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/contributors\/ZeroHedge-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ZeroHedge <\/a> &#8211; Oct 20, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\nOn average, every person worldwide generates about 8 kilograms of electronic waste annually, with significant regional variations.&#13;<br \/>\nEurope leads in e-waste generation with approximately 17 kilograms per inhabitant and also has the highest recycling rate at 43 percent.&#13;<br \/>\nGlobally, only just under a fifth of electronic waste is officially collected and recycled, leaving a large gap in proper disposal and processing.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-20_6aty94xikj.jpg\" class=\"singleArticle__articleImage\" alt=\"E-Waste\" title=\"E-Waste\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Every person in the world generates on average around 8 kilograms of electronic waste per year worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are significant regional differences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/35289\/e-waste-generated-and-recycled-by-region\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">As Statista&#8217;s Valentina Fourreau shows in the chart below, <\/a>using <a href=\"https:\/\/ewastemonitor.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/GEM_2024_18-03_web_page_per_page_web.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">data<\/a> from the latest E-Waste Monitor, Europe leads the way with around 17 kilograms of electronic waste per inhabitant, while each person in Africa generates only 2.5 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Infographic: Europe Generates the Most Electronic Waste | Statista\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/35289.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You will find more infographics at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Statista<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Europe has the highest recycling rate at 43 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Asia and Africa have the most catching up to do, with e-waste recycling rates of 12 and 1 per cent respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Only just under a fifth of the electronic waste generated worldwide is currently officially collected and recycled.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining quantities of electronic waste were collected unofficially, partially recycled or disposed of as residual waste and sent to landfill.<\/p>\n<p>This gap between official and unofficial collection and recycling statistics varies greatly between different regions.<\/p>\n<p>By Zerohedge\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More Top Reads From Oilprice.com:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload The Free Oilprice App Today<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/in\/app\/oilprice\/id1389772617?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Oilprice.com on Apple\" style=\"height: 50px;\" width=\"169\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/d1o9e4un86hhpc.cloudfront.net\/a\/img\/cl\/app\/appstoredownload.svg\" class=\"lozad\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=oilprice.android.app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Oilprice.com on Android\" style=\"height: 50px;\" width=\"169\" height=\"50\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/androidbutton.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Back to homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ZeroHedge &#8211; 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