article_snippet.sent: 41 million tonnes of 'e-waste' worth over £34billion were discarded globally in 2014, according to a shocking report by United Nations University who claim only 6 million tonnes of that was recycled properly.
article_snippet.sent: The UK contributed  1.5 million tonnes of waste to the staggering 11.6  
article_snippet.sent: Recycling in European Union and the UK costs money.
article_snippet.sent: The UK was identified as one of the world's largest generators of e-waste and ranked fifth in the world in terms of material discarded per person, with each Briton producing 23.5kg every year.
article_snippet.sent: The UK also produced the sixth most e-waste overall and The UK 1.5 megatons of waste was only 100,000 tonnes less than India which has 20 times the population.
article_snippet.sent: a United Nations University report said that only one-third of e-waste in The UK is recycled through recognised schemes, a figure that must reach 85 per cent by 2019 under European Union rules.
article_snippet.sent: We should not simply try to stop consumption to minimise the amount of waste being generated, but should instead make sure that it is properly collected and recycled.
article_snippet.sent: The weight of last year's e-waste is comparable to over 1.1 million 18-wheel trucks - enough to form a line from New York to Tokyo and back.
article_snippet.sent: And yet less than one-sixth of last year's e-waste is thought to have been diverted to proper recycling and reuse.
article_snippet.sent: While the US and China produce almost a third of the world's combined e-waste, the top producers per-capita are the wealthy nations of northern and western Europe -
article_snippet.sent: David Malone said: 'Worldwide, e-waste constitutes a valuable 'urban mine' - a large potential reservoir of recyclable materials.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, the hazardous content of e-waste constitutes a toxic mine' that must be managed with extreme care.'
highlights_snippet.sent: New report says 41 million metric tonnes of electronic waste worth
highlights_snippet.sent: a staggering £34billion was discarded in 2014 .
  