The United Nations University says just about 16 percent of the world’s e-scrap was recycled in 2014, while a new report sheds light on Australia’s e-scrap recycling infrastructure.

A report from the United Nations University suggests 46.1 million tons of e-scrap and appliances entered the global waste stream in 2014. Of that total, just 7.2 million tons were collected through formal take-back channels, the report states. Stay tuned as E-Scrap News develops more coverage on the data, including figures for U.S. generation and recovery of end-of-life electronics.

The Canadian wing of office supply chain Staples has released its 2014 Sustainability Report, including data on in-store e-scrap collection. According to the report, Staples Canada collected about 8.7 million pounds of electronics, surpassing a goal of collecting 7.9 million pounds.

The U.K.’s BBC recently published a report looking at startups and nonprofit groups in different pockets of the globe that have taken unique approaches to recovering old electronics. One featured entity is BinBag, based in India: The company serves as an online portal connecting consumers with e-scrap in their homes and companies that want to process the material.

A group called Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform has issued a report stating Australia’s e-scrap recycling network is severely lagging the recycling efforts occurring in the U.S. and other countries across the world.