E-Waste Pollution: Electronic waste containing toxic CHEMICALS and metals such as lead, cadmium mercury, which when disposed in landfills gain entry into surrounding soil, groundwater and ultimately END in us. In ADDITION, improper processing of e-waste that causes toxicity. Informal processing of electronic waste in general poses serious health and pollution problems.

Benefits of Recycling Electronic Waste (Above the ground Mining!): Electrical waste contains hazardous but also valuable and scarce materials. Up to 60 elements can be found in complex electronics. Recycling raw materials from end-of-life electronics is the most effective solution to the growing e-waste PROBLEM.

The environmental and social benefits of recycling e-waste: Environmental and social benefits of reuse include diminished demand for new products and virgin raw materials (with their own environmental ISSUES); larger quantities of pure water and electricity for associated manufacturing; less packaging per unit; availability of technology to wider swaths of society due to greater affordability of products; and diminished use of landfills.

Prevent e-Waste from going into Landfills: When old electronics are thrown into a landfill, all the energy that directly or indirectly goes into making a product is lost. This means than more energy and water is needed to make new products, emitting more greenhouse gases and using more water. Thus landfilling old electronics also wastes the natural resources used to make a product. Some of the materials used in electronic products are extremely rare and are running out fast.

E-Cycling instead of creating from scratch results in huge energy savings: Creating secondary raw materials, i.e. e-cycling, results in huge energy savings .For instance, recycling steel into secondary raw material uses 74% less energy than the production of the primary product. Recycled Aluminum uses 95% less, Copper 85% less, Lead 65% less and Plastics 80% less – it’s a win, win, win scenario – we protect precious resources, divert usable materials from landfill and conserve energy all at the same time!

E-Waste Pollution: Electronic waste containing toxic chemicals and metals such as lead, cadmium mercury, which when disposed in landfills gain entry into surrounding soil, groundwater and ultimately end in us. In addition, improper processing of e-waste that causes toxicity. Informal processing of electronic waste in general poses serious health and pollution problems.

Benefits of Recycling Electronic Waste (Above the ground Mining!): Electrical waste contains hazardous but also valuable and scarce materials. Up to 60 elements can be found in complex electronics. Recycling raw materials from end-of-life electronics is the most effective solution to the growing e-waste problem.

The environmental and social benefits of recycling e-waste: Environmental and social benefits of reuse include diminished demand for new products and virgin raw materials (with their own environmental issues); larger quantities of pure water and electricity for associated manufacturing; less packaging per unit; availability of technology to wider swaths of society due to greater affordability of products; and diminished use of landfills.

Prevent e-Waste from going into Landfills: When old electronics are thrown into a landfill, all the energy that directly or indirectly goes into making a product is lost. This means than more energy and water is needed to make new products, emitting more greenhouse gases and using more water. Thus landfilling old electronics also wastes the natural resources used to make a product. Some of the materials used in electronic products are extremely rare and are running out fast.

E-Cycling instead of creating from scratch results in huge energy savings: Creating secondary raw materials, i.e. e-cycling, results in huge energy savings .For instance, recycling steel into secondary raw material uses 74% less energy than the production of the primary product. Recycled Aluminum uses 95% less, Copper 85% less, Lead 65% less and Plastics 80% less – it’s a win, win, win scenario – we protect precious resources, divert usable materials from landfill and conserve energy all at the same time!