The Defense Department is taking decisive action to combat these challenges in order to achieve two imperatives: to maintain capability and capacity to sustain legacy systems and to expand and modernize manufacturing capabilities to build tomorrow’s defense systems. This was closely followed by Oceania at 15.2 kilograms per person and the Americas at 12.2 kilograms per person.Known manufacturing chokepoints across sectors - including skilled labor, machine tools, critical chemicals and a reliance on foreign resources - are impacting operational readiness. The highest per inhabitant e-waste quantity was, however, the highest in Europe, with 15.6 kilograms per person.
In comparison, the Americas and Europe both produced around 11.6 million metric tons. In 2014, most of the e-waste worldwide was generated in Asia – in the country that was predicted to experience the strongest growth in the electrical and electronics industry from 2014 through 2016 – with 16 million metric tons of e-waste produced. The amount of e-waste is expected to grow to almost 50 million metric tons in total by 2018, with a growth rate of 4 to 5 percent year-to-year. The global quantity of electronic waste in 2014 was mainly comprised of 12.8 million metric tons of small equipment, 11.8 million metric tons of large equipment and 7 million metric tons of temperature exchange equipment (including cooling and freezing equipment). Technological advancements and growing consumer demand have defined the era in which electronics have become a prominent part of the waste stream. Of this, just 17.4 percent was documented to be collected and properly recycled.Įlectronic waste worldwide – additional information This was an increase of 44.4 million metric tons in just five years. By 2019, approximately 53.6 million metric tons was produced. Since 2010, the volume of e-waste generated globally has been steadily rising.
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