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Report: Asia Is The World's Largest E-Waste Contributor. by Angus Chen NPR | Jan. 26, 2017 1:27 p.m. While the world becomes more wired through laptops, tablets and mobile phones, a mountain of electronic waste â or e-waste â is also growing. The greatest contributor to that stock of e-waste is Asia, according to a report published last week from United Nations University. The report, which studied 12 East and Southeast Asian countries, says the amount of electronic waste in Asia has risen 63 percent in the last five years.