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: Learning From The Past: Urban Mining
In 2016, the estimated value of recoverable materials in global e-waste was $64.6 billion. Unfortunately, just 20 percent got properly recycled. The issue of recoverable material is as important as the environmental challenges that e-waste poses. As the number of consumers buying electronic equipment soars into the millions, manufacturers are facing shortages of the raw materials needed to make their products. One of the e-waste solutions has been identified as “urban mining” — reclaiming and reusing the materials from discarded e-waste products. So what are some of the top solutions to our e-waste challenge? Top Solutions to the E-waste Problem
Nobody expects the amount of e-waste we generate to suddenly drop — in part because prices of new electronics are dropping, making them in much higher demand around the world, courtesy of a growing middle class in developing nations that’s going digital. After all, around the world half of all households have internet access, and more than 7.7 billion people have cell phones. How can we stop the e-waste problem?