Monitoring the quantities and flows of e-waste is essential for evaluating developments over time, and to set and assess targets towards a sustainable society and circular economy. The development of a recycling infrastructure, sound policies, and legal instruments are more efficiently implemented on the basis of sound e-waste data. Without a global picture of e-waste, the true nature of transboundary movements and, in some cases, illegal shipments will also be incomprehensible.
Vanessa Forti, Cornelis Peter Baldé, Ruediger Kuehr, Garam Bel: The Global E-Waste Monitor 2020.