#Electronic waste is rising sharply across #Asia, with serious consequences for human #health and the #environment, according to a recent UN study. So-called e-waste in Asia has jumped 63 percent in five years, the report by the United Nations University said. Asia has rapidly emerged as a major source of electronic waste, due to increasingly affluent consumers buying items such as phones, refrigerators and personal computers. Per capita the worst-offending economy in the region was Hong Kong, w