57.4M t e-waste expected in 2021 will outweigh China's great wall

This year's worldwide mountain of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) will total an estimated 57.4 million tonnes -- greater than the weight of the Great Wall of China, Earth's heaviest artificial object.

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