Inna Stecenko and Tien Han Kuang
The twenty-first century was marked by intensifying processes of digitalization, transformation in the economies of countries. At the same time, a new challenge has arisen to solve digitalization processes - these are digital waste, which has acquired particular relevance in the scientific and practical fields. The adoption of the UN document “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development” (United Nations, 2015) poses the important task of not only collecting digital waste but also recycling it. Scientists from various countries, including Kiyan, E., Ikizoglu, B (Kiyan et al. 2020), NK Singh, (Singh et al. 2020), analyze the growing influence of digital waste on the formation of a green economy in countries. The subject of the study is the factors of the formation of digital waste, and the object of the research is digital waste. Based on theoretical analysis, the authors of this research analyze the dynamics of digitalization processes in countries and the level of digital waste.
The research goal is a comparative analysis of the level of digitalization in countries and the generation of digital waste in the Baltic States and Taiwan.
Based on the concept of the triple planetary crisis (UN, 2020), the authors assess the dynamics of change in digital waste in the world by the regions, as well as in the Baltic States and Taiwan under study.
During the research process, the authors analyze the experience of the Republic of Taiwan as one of the leaders in the global economy in processing digital waste in the world (Executive Yuan, 1997) and, based on them, formulate suggestions for managing digital waste in the Baltic States.
