WHAT A WASTE..!!!

E-WASTE FACTS

E-waste or electronic wastes are Broadly described as loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, broken, electrical or electronic devices DID YOU KNOW……….????

E-waste consists of all waste from electronic and electrical appliances which have reached their end- of- life period or are no longer fit for their original intended use and are destined for recovery, recycling or disposal.

Circuit boards in computers and other electronics contain toxic materials like chromium, nickel, and zinc.

E-waste is the largest source of lead in solid waste….

How Much Waste is in 500 Million computers? Plastic Billion Pounds Lead Billion Pounds Cadmium - 3 Million Pounds Chromium Million Pounds Mercury - 632,000 Pounds

Recycling one million desktop computers prevents the release of Greenhouse Gases equivalent to the annual emissions of 16,000 passenger cars - EPA

By recycling 100 Million cell phones, approximately 7,500 pounds of gold could recovered-allowing that amount of gold from cell phones, rather than mining it from the earth, would prevent 12,000,000,000 pounds of loose soil, sand and rock from having to be moved, mined and processed - EPA

It is estimated that out of 8.7 Million tons of e-waste, only 2.1 Million tons are recycled.

The average workday is 16 hours and the workers make about $1.50 per day by recovering valuable metals and parts from the waste. Guiyu in China is the largest e-waste site on earth with an estimated 150,000 e-waste workers.

Comprehensive Process Cycle for e-Waste Management E-Waste Collection Safe storage of the collected waste Manual dismantling & Sorting of the waste Automated/Mechanical separation Material recovery/Refining Hazardous material segregation &disposal

Reduce: Consider repairing/ upgrading your electronic systems to suit your need instead buying a new one. Reuse: Consider donating electric systems and appliances Recycle: Drop-off non-reusable equipments to ensure environmentally safe and socially responsible way of re-cycling

Manufacturer & Retail Recycling Apple Recycling Program Nokia Recycle Program Philips – Electronics Reuse & Recycling Panasonic Nation wide Recycling Program HCL Infosystems HP Wipro Authorized Recyclers NGO’s involved in E-Waste Management

When you refuse to reuse it’s our Earth you abuse….