Title: How E-Waste Is Harmful to Your Health | AG Electronics Recycling
Headings: How E-Waste Is Harmful to Your Health
How E-Waste Is Harmful to Your Health
What Discarded Electronics Do to the Environment
How E-Waste Is Harmful to Your Health
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Content: To visualize how much 40 million tons is, the amount of e-waste produced yearly is equal to approximately 400 aircraft carriers in weight. Picture 348 aircraft carriers (87% of 400) being tossed into landfills every year, and that number continuing to grow, and it becomes clear that recycling e-waste has to become a priority. What Discarded Electronics Do to the Environment
E-waste can’t simply be burned like some garbage. Burning e-waste creates very fine particles, which are then breathed in and can cause pulmonary and cardiovascular disease. Cancer-producing dioxins are released into the air whenever e-waste is burned. E-waste must be properly disposed of to prevent causing damage to the environment and posing a health threat, and the very best disposal method for the environment is recycling obsolete computers and other electronics. The list of toxic components in e-waste is long: mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated flame retardants, barium, lithium and polyvinyl chloride (which is in the plastic cases of electronics). If electronics aren’t safely and responsibly recycled, that toxic mix in landfills seeps into the soil and water, poisoning it. Lethal materials that shouldn’t be consumed damage the soil food is grown in, the plants and grains that livestock eats, and the water needed to water crops, as well as drinking water for livestock and humans.