Via Yale Environment 360: “The amount of e-waste that Asian countries are tossing into landfills has increased 63 percent over the last five years, according to a recent report by the United Nations and the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. China’s e-waste, for example, more than doubled between 2010 and 2015, averaging 22 pounds per person. The report found that individuals in Hong Kong were the most wasteful in the region, throwing away nearly 48 pounds of electronic devices annually. Residents in Singapore and Taiwan averaged 44 pounds every year. The increase is being driven by growth of the region’s middle class over the last decade. At the top of consumers’ wish lists are electronics such as mobile phones, tablets, televisions, and appliances, the study said…”