“Examples of quantities of "e-waste" generated should reference global versus regional figures (i.e. paragraph 8). The 2009 UNEP Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) report, Recycling - From E-waste to Resources indicates that the amount of global "e-waste" generated each year is estimated to be around 40 million tons.”

From p. 2 of Canada’s response to Basel Secretariat. 2010. ‘Draft Technical Guidelines on Transboundary Movement of E-Waste, in Particular Regarding the Distinction between Waste and Non-Waste (Version 22 September 2010)’. http://www.basel.int/Implementation/Ewaste/TechnicalGuidelines/DevelopmentofTGs/tabid/2377/Default.aspx.