The world’s e-waste — discarded products with a battery or plug — reached a staggering 44.7 million metric tonnes in 2016 — up 3.3 Mt or 8 percent from 2014. In 2016 world e-waste — everything from end-of-life refrigerators and television sets to solar panels, mobile phones and computers — equaled in weight almost nine Great Pyramids of Giza, or 1.23 million fully loaded 18-wheel 40-ton trucks, enough to form a line from New York to Bangkok and back.