E-waste Recycling
Electronics waste, commonly known as e-scrap or e-waste, is the waste we generate from surplus, broken, and obsolete electronic devices. Electronics contains various toxic and hazardous chemicals and materials that are released into the environment if we do not remove them properly. E-waste or electronics recycling is the process of recovering materials from old equipment to use in new products. Repeated Replacement Electronics With such a very short useful life, electronics transition to e-waste at a rapid pace. In fact, it was estimated that close to 500 million unused cell phones are accumulating in people's homes. Globally, a cell phone is sold annually to about 25% of the population, and every year millions of electronic devices such as mobile phones, televisions, computers, laptops, and tablets reach the end of their useful lives. What happens to devices at the end of their useful lives Unfortunately, the majority of these electronic waste disposal up in landfi...