Generally, discarded WEEE is grouped into five or six categories: temperature exchange equipment (including refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, heat pumps, and others); screens, monitors, and devices containing screens (including television screens as well as laptops, notebooks, and tablets); lamps; large equipment (including washing machines, stoves, electric cooktops, dishwashers, and others); small appliances (such as vacuum cleaners, microwaves, appliances, video recorders, radios, and other consumer electronics); and small ICT and telecommunications devices (including mobile phones, GPS devices, computers, and other small products).
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Distribution of global electronic waste production by type of waste 2016
This statistic presents the distribution of electronic waste generated worldwide in 2016, by type of waste. In that year, the total amount of electrical waste from screens, monitors, and other devices equipped with screens exceeded six million metric tons.
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