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The world has a lot of gadgets to throw. So much that by the year 2017, the global volume of discarded refrigerators, TVs, phones, computers, monitors and more will weigh as much as 200 Empire State Buildings.
Based on the data gathered by United Nations organizations, governments and nongovernment and science organizations in a partnership known as "Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) innitiative", it predicts that e-waste may just swell up in the next five years.
How will we even start to get rid of the waste? Any ideas? Biodegradable gadgets?