> In Europe, 55 percent of electric and electronic waste is recycled, but the global average drops to a little over 17 percent. The Vimes boots/e-waste theory

> In Europe, 55 percent of electric and electronic waste is recycled, but the global average drops to a little over 17 percent. The Vimes boots/e-waste theory of poverty. Poor countries throwing useful resources away because they can't afford to set up recycling schemes.