environmental pollution caused by electronic products

Environmental Pollution caused by Electronic Products

Use of electronic products have increased with the development of technology. Nowadays people are using many electronic products in their day to day life as these electronic products are making their life

easier and providing the comfortable life.

Consider a normal house, and recall what all electronic gadgets do we use in a day.

In kitchen we use various appliances –

washer, drier, phone, computer, laptops, television

How Electronic Products Are Increasing E-waste

Electronic equipment contain toxic compounds such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and brominated flame retardants.

These toxic compounds can leach into the soil and water supplies or contaminate our air, if electronics are sent to landfills.

To be very specific, when these waste products are dumped into the landfills, the toxic products enters into the soil and thus to our food chain.

Recycling of Electronic Products

Electronic products contain various recoverable materials like valuable glass, metals and plastics that can be used to make new products.

http://www.ecogreenitrecycling.co.uk/