WEEEman

WEEE is the short name of waste electrical electronic equipment.

Presumably, many people in London have seen WEEEman sculpture placed near London Bridge. The WEEE man is built from the amount of electrical and electronic waste the average British person creates in their lifetime. On average, a British citizen produces 3.3 tonnes of WEEE in his/her lifetime. Most countries are running out of landfill to bury WEEE.

One problem identified is that people change their mobile phones frequently in pursuit of updated versions or trendier styling. An average person change his/her mobile phone just 11 months but the phone can have a usable lifetime of 7 years.

Time to considerate the impact to our environment when you want to buy new electrical or electronic products.