E-waste collection rates in Latin America 2019, by select country
e-waste per capita in Latin America, with an estimated 10.7 kilograms generated per inhabitant.
Costa Rica had a higher e-waste collection rate than many other Latin American countries in 2019, at eight percent. This amounted to roughly one kilogram per inhabitant. In comparison, Venezuela had a collection rate of just 0.4 percent in 2019. That same year, Venezuela was one of the biggest producers of