General
- Electronic waste includes
computers, entertainment electronics, mobile phones and other
items that have been discarded by their original users. While
there is no generally accepted definition of electronic waste, in
most cases electronic waste consists of electronic products that
were used for data processing, telecommunications, or
entertainment in private households and businesses that are now
considered obsolete, broken, or irreparable.
- common classification
as a waste, disposed electronics are a considerable category of
secondary resource due to their significant suitability for direct
reuse (for example, many fully functional computers and components
are discarded during upgrades), refurbishing, and material
recycling of its constituent raw materials (listed below). Re
conceptualization of electronic waste as a resource thus preempts
its potentially hazardous qualities.
Process
- Electronic waste processing
systems have matured in recent years following increased
regulatory, public, and commercial scrutiny, and a commensurate
increase in entrepreneurial interest. Part of this evolution has
involved greater diversion of electronic waste from energy
intensive, down-cycling processes (eg. conventional recycling)
where equipment is reverted to a raw material form.
- This diversion is
achieved through reuse and refurbishing. The environmental and
social benefits of reuse are several diminished demand for new
products and their commensurate requirement for virgin raw
materials (with their own environmental externalities not factored
into the cost of the raw materials) and 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.
Technology
Market
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By virtue of the pledge, at last we have
identified sustainable and ethical destinations for our e-waste.
The Basel Action Network, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and the
Computer Take Back Campaign salute these recyclers who stand at
the cutting edge of market solutions to the e-waste crisis. We
urge local governments, businesses, and consumers to discover and
make use of these trailblazing recyclers that have taken the tough
decision to do the right thing rather than the cheapest thing.
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According to the United Nations Environment
Programme, a total of 20–50 million tons of electrical and
electronics equipment waste is generated annually worldwide, and
this is growing at a rate of 3 to 5 percent each year. Technical
innovations have shortened the life span and accelerated the
replacement of such equipment, leading to the incremental
accumulation of electronic waste .
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