E-waste is not distributed equally. Manufacturers source components, including precious metals and minerals from low-income countries. Consumers use and dispose of them in western and high-income Asian countries. And manufacturers and authorities send them back to low and newly emerging economies, including China and India, to be ‘recycled.’ Today’s infographic shows the amount of e-waste generated by every country compared to the national population:
Source: https://www.electronicshub.org/visualizing-electronics-waste-worldwide/