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This holiday season, as you upgrade that old smartphone, pause a moment to reflect on an unexpected fact: In 2012, developing nations — including China, India, Brazil, and Russia — tossed out more e-waste (25.4 million tons) than the world’s developed nations, including the U.S., Japan, and the European Union (23.5 million tons).