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DUMPING E-WASTE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

E-WASTE DUMPING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

• 10x cheaper to dump e-waste in developing countries
• With electronics under the category of "used" companies can save more money
• Common E-waste destinations include, China, India, Pakistan, The Philippines, and etc.
• Hazardous E-waste + crude recycling techniques
• Facts/solution

Their has been an estimation in 2020 in China (who currently has the largest dumping ground) of their being an increase in e-waste from 200%-400% of mobile phones alone.

Even though there are state-of-the-art electronic recycling facilities that exist, the majority of e-waste is being shipped illegally and legally to developing countries.

E-waste is hazardous waste because their is toxic materials present like mercury and lead.

Instead of the safety of people and the environment being taken to consideration workers and the environment are exposed to toxics because of waste that can be recycled properly

Mobile Device Waste In U.S.

Due to rapid advances in technology in this century their is also a rapid rate of electronics being discarded adding to the volume of waste.

In the United States alone their is a estimation of 70% of heavy metals in landfills

Cell Phones ROUGH Global Rate

Even though cell phones are suppose to last people more than 2 years people are discarding them rapidly... But if we looked at all of the discarded waste it'll be even more. In this presentation is just a focus of mobile devices.

THE 4 R'S SOLUTION

• Reduce: the amount of cell phones purchased
• Recover: materials & reduce environmental impacts
• Recycle: Resource recovery from just recycling them
• Reuse: cell phones for more than 1 year

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PROPER RECYCLE METHOD

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