Environmental Impact
10 Facts about E waste ( Environmental Impact)-E wste info:
1. 80 to 85% of electronic products were discarded in landfills or incinerators, which can release certain toxics into the air. E-waste represents 2% of India's trash in landfills, but it equals 70% of overall toxic waste. The extreme amount of lead in electronics alone causes damage in the central
and peripheral nervous systems, the blood and the kidneys.
10 to 12 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed in India every year.
Cell phones and other electronic items contain high amounts of precious metals like gold or silver. Americans dump phones containing over $60 million in gold/silver
every year.
Only 12.5% of e-waste is currently recycled.
For every 1 million cell phones that are recycled, 16 Ton of copper, 350Kgs of silver, 34 Kgs of gold, and 15 Kgs of palladium can be recovered.
Recycling 1 million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by 47,541 Indian homes in a year.
E-waste is still the fastest growing municipal waste stream in India, according to the Moef.
A large number of what is labeled as "e-waste" is actually not waste at all, but rather whole electronic equipment or parts that are readily marketable for reuse or can be recycled for materials recovery.
It takes 245 Kgs of fossil fuel, 21.7Kgs of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water to manufacture one computer and monitor.
1. 80 to 85% of electronic products were discarded in landfills or incinerators, which can release certain toxics into the air. E-waste represents 2% of India's trash in landfills, but it equals 70% of overall toxic waste. The extreme amount of lead in electronics alone causes damage in the centraland peripheral nervous systems, the blood and the kidneys.
10 to 12 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed in India every year. Cell phones and other electronic items contain high amounts of precious metals like gold or silver. Americans dump phones containing over $60 million in gold/silverevery year.
Only 12.5% of e-waste is currently recycled. For every 1 million cell phones that are recycled, 16 Ton of copper, 350Kgs of silver, 34 Kgs of gold, and 15 Kgs of palladium can be recovered. Recycling 1 million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by 47,541 Indian homes in a year. E-waste is still the fastest growing municipal waste stream in India, according to the Moef. A large number of what is labeled as "e-waste" is actually not waste at all, but rather whole electronic equipment or parts that are readily marketable for reuse or can be recycled for materials recovery. It takes 245 Kgs of fossil fuel, 21.7Kgs of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water to manufacture one computer and monitor.
