Just 22.3 percent of electronic waste generated worldwide was documented as formally collected and recycled in 2022. Europe had the highest collection and recycling rate, at 42.8 percent. Many European countries export e-waste - often illegally - to developing countries. Several of these countries are in Africa, where the collection and recycling rate of e-waste was just 0.7 percent.
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