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| Subject | Unit | Year | Amount | Source |
| Population | (total inhabitants in million) | 2012 | 6,928 | IMF WEO |
| Purchasing Power* | (USD per Inhabitant) | 2012 | -- | IMF WEO |
| EEE Put on Market* | (kg per inhabitant) | 2012 | 8.2 | UNU-IAS SCYCLE (2015)* |
| (total in million metric tonnes) | 2012 | 56.5 | UNU-IAS SCYCLE (2015)* | |
| E-waste Generated* | (kg per inhabitant) | 2014 | 5.9 | UNU-IAS SCYCLE (2015)* |
| (total in million metric tonnes) | 2014 | 41.8 | UNU-IAS SCYCLE (2015)* |
E-waste Rules, Regulations, Policies and Guidance
| Number of E-waste Regulatory Instruments | 15 Regulatory Instruments click here to view |  |
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 | In force |  | Approved |  | Proposed |
E-waste Rules, Regulations, Policies and GuidanceStatus StEP: One Global Understanding of Re-Use - Common Definitions, White Paper, March 2009 UN: Basel MPPI (Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative), 2002 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI), Project 1.1, Refurbishment of Used Mobile Phones, Guidelines, March 2009 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI), Project 2.1, Collection of Used Mobile Phones, Guidelines, March 2009 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI), Project 3.1, Material Recovery and Recycling of End of Life Mobile Phones, Guidelines, March 2009 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI), Project 4.1, Awareness Raising Design Considerations, Guidelines, March 2009 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI): Progress Report on the Work of the Mobile Phone Working Group, June 2005 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI): Progress Report on the Work of the Mobile Phone Working Group, March 2006 UN: Basel Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI): Progress Report on the Work of the Mobile Phone Working Group, November 2006 UN: Cooperation between Basel Convention and StEP Initiative, Memorandum of Understanding, 2008 UN: Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE), Decision OEWG-VII/3, May 2010 UN: Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE), Terms of Reference, March 2009 UN: Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, Decision IX/9, June 2008 USA: Responsible Recycling (R2) for Electronics Recyclers, Standard, May 2013USA: Responsible Recycling (R2) for Electronics Recyclers, Standard, May 2013 USA: Responsible Recycling (R2) Standard Certification Process Requirements, R2 Code of Practices, Version 1.0, May 2013 |