International Journal of Waste Resources

Proper Disposal and Recycling of E-Waste

John Jacob^* Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
^*Correspondence: John Jacob, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Email:

Received: 04-Jan-2000, Manuscript No. IJWR-22-447; Editor assigned: 06-Jan-2022, Pre QC No. IJWR-22-447(PQ); Reviewed: 20-Jan-2022, QC No. IJWR-22-447; Revised: 24-Jan-2022, Manuscript No. IJWR-22-447(R); Published: 31-Jan-2022, DOI: 10.35248/2252-5211.12.1.447

Description

E-waste is any electronic device equipment that’s been unused or dismantled. This contains working and broken things that are thrown in the garbage or given to a charity reseller like Goodwill. If they were not sold in the store they will be thrown away. Ewaste is particularly very dangerous because of toxic chemicals that naturally leach from the metals inside when submerged in soil.

List of some common E-waste:

Home appliances: Many electronic devices that Microwaves, Home Entertainment Devices, Electric cookers, Heaters, Fans

Communication and information technology devices: Cell phones, Smartphones, Desktop Computers, Computer Monitors, Laptops, Circuit boards, Hard Drives

Home entertainment appliances: DVDs, Blu Ray Players, Stereos, Televisions, Video Game Systems, Fax machines, Copiers, Printers.

Electronic Utilities: Massage Chairs, Heating Pads, Remote Controls, Television Remotes, Electrical Cords, Lamps, Smart Lights, Night Lights, Treadmills, Fit Bits, Smart Watches, Heart Monitors, Diabetic Testing Equipment.

Technological advances are coming at us at rapid speed that many electronic devices that still work fine are the ones considered out dated.

Think about VCR players that has been replaced by DVD player and it took the market, and now the DVD players were replaced by Blu-ray players.

All these electronic device outfits shouldn't be disposed directed in the environment they contains different types of metals and chemicals convinced in that device. While below ground, ultramodern electronic widgets and devices are safe to use and be around. Still, utmost electronics contain some kind of poisonous accoutrements, including beryllium, cadmium, mercury, and lead, which might beget serious environmental risks to our soil, water, air, and wildlife. When E-waste gets buried in soil; it can dissolve in microscopic traces into the gross sludge that permeates at the tip. Ultimately, these traces of poisonous materials pool into the ground below the landfill. This is known as leaching. The more E-waste and metals at the landfill, the further of these trace poisonous materials show up in the groundwater. The problem is that there's so, so important E-waste that the trace quantities have ballooned over the times. That poisonous water under the tip doesn’t stop below the tip. It continues to the groundwater and the sources to all the freshwater in the girding area.

Not only is this bad for anyone using a natural well, but it hurts the near wildlife. In a period of speed technological advancement, more largely sophisticated electronic goods are being invented and manufactured. Just suppose of the conception of the “smart home.” It’s easy to fete how numerous electronic devices can now do everything from offer security to turning lights on and out, to having fresh coffee ready before we wake up. The technology originators continue to produce electric devices designed to make our lives easier and more accessible in every conceivable way. Still, we feel each too susceptible to snappily pitching the machines we formerly have. It doesn’t count how satisfied we’ve been with them over until now.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health risks may cause from direct contact with toxic materials that obtain from e-waste. These contain minerals like lead, cadmium, chromium, brominated flame retardants, or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Danger is by inhalation of the toxic and hazardous fumes, as well as from the content of chemicals in soil, water, and food. This puts not only people in danger but land and sea animals as well. In developing countries, the risks are unusually high because some developed countries export their e-waste there. Studies have shown this global e-waste has harmful effects to the people that work with the e-waste but also the people who live around it. Because of this issue, a proper recycling process should be needs to put in place to protect us and future generations. Since we know consumers will keep on buying new devices, it’s important to keep reinforcing that communication that we need to reclaim the aged electronic devices rather of not throw them out. There are serious environmental pitfalls if we shoot our electronics to a landfill. In discrepancy, recycling gives considerable benefits to our environment.

It has times of experience performing environmentally friendly recycling of electronic products. The process is simple just you need to gather your old and unused electronics and vend them to an electronic recycling place where we can earn some pennies rather of throwing them out.