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Why Ewaste Recycling Is Crucial For Future Generations

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Why Ewaste Recycling Is Crucial For Future Generations

What gets faster and smarter yet cheaper every day? Electronic gadgets. These days, if the electronic equipment stops working, it is usually cheaper to replace it with a newer model, than have the old one repaired EScrap. Ewaste does not only comprise of hi-tech items like computers, tablet PCs, video games or smart phones, but also household electrical equipment like TVs, blenders, microwaves, refrigerators and so on. With the rapidly progressing electronic industry introducing new products at regular intervals, consumers are only too keen on retiring the recently purchased electronic device and getting their hands on the latest gizmo. This has resulted in Ewaste growing at a dangerously alarming rate that is threatening to affect the lives of future generations.

How can a discarded mobile phone damage life on earth?

Ewaste in Australia is estimated to exceed municipal waste three times over as per the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Hazardous Ewaste has been accumulating and decomposing in landfills for over several decades and has silently been leaching toxic metals such as lead and mercury into the surrounding terrestrial biosphere by being released in to the air or through soil and then polluting ground water. This can take a serious toil on the health of adults and children, with studies showing cancers, tumours and serious mental health conditions developing as a result. Human exposure to these hazardous substances can be lethal.

And if electronic waste does not end up in Australia's landfills, it is exported to Asian countries like China and India, where the recycling systems are below par, and many innocent lives are exposed to the toxic waste.

Ewaste recycling helps to keep toxic pollution at bay.

Ewaste recycling is an efficient initiative that helps to divert Ewaste from toxic landfills. By recycling electronic waste, earth's natural resources are preserved and it prevents hazardous waste disposal from causing air and water pollution.

It is also a means of reusing valuable materials like copper, aluminium, plastic and glass thereby reducing the mining of the earth's natural resources. The need to fully manufacture new products is also eliminated when old devices are refurbished for reuse Ewaste. This helps to reduce greenhouse emissions by a large amount.

The development and upgrading of electronic gadgets is a continuing process. However, with the numerous options, systems and technology that is available today to recycle and reuse the electronic devices themselves or the valuable resources that they contain, Ewaste can be greatly reduced and thus help protect the earth for future generations.

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