India stands third largest contributor to e-waste in 2019 : UN Report

A United Nations led report has found that India is the third largest contributor to e-waste in the world in 2019.
As per the report titled ‘Global E-waste Monitor 2020’, the world dumped a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste in 2019. Of this, just 17.4 percent was recycled.
China was the biggest contributor to e-waste in the world, contributing 10.1 million tonnes of e-waste.
United States was second with 6.9 million tonnes.
India, with 3.2 million tonnes, was third.
Together these three countries accounted for nearly 38 percent of the world’s e-waste in 2019.
The report also says that the way in which we produce, consume, and dispose of e-waste is unsustainable, because of the overall damage done to the environment from all the un-recycled waste.