The amount of waste from electrical and electronic products is increasing worldwide. According to Eurostat, the amount of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the European Union evolved from 7.6 million tons in 2012 to a peak of 14.4 million tons in 2022. As more electronic devices can store information, secure and proper erasure of data has become an immense security challenge. You can read more about this story here:
https://epsnews.com/2025/01/08/electronic-waste-growing-security-challenge/