Electronic waste contains toxic components that are dangerous to human health, such as mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated flame retardants, barium and lithium. The negative health effects of these toxins on humans include brain, heart, liver, kidney and skeletal system damage.
Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to all items of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and its parts that have been discarded by its owner as waste without the intent of re-use
E-waste not only contains harmful chemicals, but electronics become obsolete every six months or so, which means, every six months people are throwing away perfectly good electronics in order to get the newest one.
The world discarded 53.6 million tons of e-waste in 2019. Only 17.4% of e-waste discarded in 2019 was recycled, the United Nations reports.
How can we treat e-waste?
They include:
- Be a good consumer. ...
- Reuse as often as possible. ...
- Educate yourself on what gets put into your electronics. ...
- Look for an environmentally friendly label. ...
- Consider limiting the number of electronics you own. ...
- Teach kids about e-waste. ...
- Recycle, recycle, recycle. ...
- Understand security issues.
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