2017•11•24     forbes.com

An excerpt from the article by forbes.com:

Although only a tenth of the population, Japan is second to China when it comes to generating e-waste, according to UN University’s Regional E-Waste Monitor. In 2011 alone, 36.39 million mobile phones were made in Japan and only 7.62 million units — or 20.9% — were collected under the Mobile Recycling Network — a network of 9,000 retail outlets that collect mobile parts.