E-Waste Recycling Program

Introduction Health is always considered to be the most important factor in human life. Without health, we can not do anything. There are many factors that influence your health, such as food, drink, earth, water, air, or what we can say about the environment around us in your daily activities. As the environment plays an indispensable role in human health, we are doing everything we can to protect the environment. But there are still some activities we believe are safe for us and the environment; it actually kills us.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, e-waste is a major problem that generates 20 million to 50 million tons of global waste every year. It is also the fastest growing waste stream in the EU. Many recycling companies irresponsibly recycle electronic waste. After Khian Sea, a shipping cargo ship in Haiti, dumped 14,000 tons of toxic ashes, the Basel Convention was enacted to prevent harmful substances from flowing into poorer countries. They created an e-Stewards certification in order for recycling companies to comply with the highest standards of environmental responsibility and allow consumers to identify responsible recyclers. It is used in conjunction with other well-known regulations such as the European Union's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, the National Computer Recycling Act to prevent harmful chemicals from entering canals and the atmosphere.

In the world as a whole, e-waste accounts for more than 5% of all municipal solid waste, and it is increasing as electronic product sales in developing countries increase. Most electronic waste in the world is recycled in informal and dangerous metal mining and marketing facilities in common developing countries. As recycling companies in developed countries face increasingly stringent environmental regulations and waste disposal costs, we can see that small traders in developing countries are exporting higher profits than their own. There is also a large illegal transboundary movement of electronic waste in the form of charitable groups from donations and wealthy developed countries to developing countries.

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.