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 - 6.32 Billion Pounds

Lead - 1.58 Billion Pounds

Cadmium - 3 Million Pounds

Chromium - 1.9 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 ProgramNokia Recycle ProgramPhilips – Electronics Reuse & RecyclingPanasonic Nation wide Recycling ProgramHCL InfosystemsHPWipro

Authorized RecyclersNGO’s involved in E-Waste Management

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