Title: Top Solutions to E-waste Problems | Great Lakes Electronics Blog
Headings: Top Solutions to E-waste Problems
Top Solutions to E-waste Problems
The Cycle Of Old Electronics
E-Waste Solutions
What Are the Top Environmental Problems with e-waste?
How Can We Prevent It?
Learning From The Past: Urban Mining
Top Solutions to the E-waste Problem
1. Recycling
2. Education
3. Teach
4. Keep Learning
E-Waste Solutions

Content: The challenge is often in getting that message out to a wider number of people worldwide. If they can make it part of their weekly routine to recycle plastics, cans, and newspapers, why not a used smartphone or laptop as well? What Are the Top Environmental Problems with e-waste? In our digital age, it seems fewer and fewer consumers can survive without their electronics, from their smartphone to our laptops and even the increasing amount of “smart homes” technology we’re investing in. As a result, our environment could really use a break from old devices. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly 250 million computers will become obsolete in the next five years. E-waste contains a wide list of toxins, including mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and fire retardant. Cathode ray tubes in computer monitors contain high concentrations of lead. But in the U.S., most states leave it up to individual consumers to decide what they want to do with their discarded equipment, and most people are simply throwing them out, which is polluting our waterways, soil and air. How Can We Prevent It?