‘E-waste Pollution’ Threat to Human Health More Thrown out computers, televisions, printers, and mobile phones can have detrimental effects to human lung epithelial cells, according to a study published May 31, in Environmental Research Letters. Researchers took air samples from one of the larg...
Environmental pollutionHealth impactsInformal recycling? 2023Globally, e-waste is the fastest growing and most valuable waste-stream. While countries worldwide are increasingly acknowledging the e-waste problem and introducing policies and regulations that deal with e-waste, large quantities of e-waste ...
Despite this surge, less than a quarter of the e-waste produced in 2022 was collected and recycled, leaving 62 billion U.S. dollars worth of recoverable resources unaccounted for and posing increased pollution risks to communities globally, it said. The report projects a further 33-percent incre...
Jan 8, 2014Ewaste,Pollution Many people in developed countries seem to think that the electronics they dispose of float up into the magical used-technology land in the sky. Such is not the case. According toa recent report by the BBC, e-waste pollution is causing severe health concerns for...
also known as "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment", refers to electrical or electronic devices that are discarded and no longer used. The composition of e-waste is very complex, and it will cause land pollution and groundwater pollution. Lead, cadmium, mercury and their compounds are even...
E-Waste Management to Eliminate Environmental Pollution for the Greater GoodElectronic waste, commonly known as e-waste, comprises all sorts of electronic devicesthat are thrown away after their short useful time have been exhausted. Most electronic productscontain toxic metals such as lead, cadmium,...
Electronic waste is a name given to any piece of electronic equipment that is at the end of its useful life. Some of these products can be resold, refurbished, or dismantled to rescue resalable goods. Others, however, serve no “useful” purpose and are discarded. In 2008, there was 4.6...
Recycling e-waste recovers useful materials — including valuable metals such as gold or copper — that manufacturers can use to make new products. This reduces the energy required to mine, refine, and manufacture new materials and reduces pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Pro...
E-waste has been one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. While e-waste contains valuable materials such as aluminium, copper, gold, palladium and silver, it also contains harmful substances like cadmium, lead and mercury. In the absence of proper awareness, disposing e-waste in...