E-Waste

We can not deny that we currently live in a world where technology is important in our lives and this technology is rapidly changing. As with all marketable consumer products, electronic products are constantly being improved, improved, and designed to appeal to target consumers. Many of us are familiar with the fight to catch up with the current trend of home appliances. The lifetime of these products is relatively short, and within a year or two, new products with more functions and enhancements are almost expected to replace older products in the market.

Why is such a problem in electronic waste? In addition to handling a large amount of electronic waste, the world is concerned with harmful substances contained in electronic waste. Various materials such as heavy metals, gas, plastic, chlorinated solvents are used for the manufacture of electronic products and their parts. The most common toxic substances contained in electronic waste are as follows. How will the changing waste trends develop into an electronic waste crisis? Over the past few decades, our society has become increasingly dependent on electronics and electronics to make it more accessible. Fifty years ago, when families purchased television, they saved television for over 10 years before processing the television. However, as the company continues to introduce new upgrades and improved technology, many families upgrade television every few years.

The terms "electronic waste", "electronic waste", "electronic waste" and "spent electronic products" are used to refer to older electronic products that approached the end of their useful life and are disposed, provided, or provided to recyclers It is often used to represent it. "Electronic waste" is a general term but EPA regards electronic waste as a subset of old electronic equipment and reuses, reproduces the original value of these materials in order to minimize actual usage Recycling waste Useless rice Inappropriate disposal of reclaimed land or unprotected reclaimed land at home and abroad

Electronic waste or electronic waste represents waste electricity or electronic equipment. Used electronic equipment for reuse, resale, collection, recycling or disposal is also considered an electronic waste. Informal treatment of e-waste in developing countries can lead to adverse human health effects and environmental pollution. Electronic waste components such as CPUs contain harmful substances such as lead, cadmium, antimony, and brominated flame retardants. Recycling and disposal of e-waste can have serious risks to the health of workers and communities in developed countries, and the risk of exposure during recycling work and leakage of heavy metals such as landfill sites and incinerators Attention is needed to avoid it.