Title: Introduction to Electronics (E-waste) Recycling
Headings: Introduction to Electronics (E-Waste) Recycling
Introduction to Electronics (E-Waste) Recycling
Frequently Replaced Electronics
What Happens to Devices at the End of Their Useful Life
Benefits of E-Waste Recycling
The Electronics Recycling Process
Electronics Recycling Associations
Current Challenges for Electronics Recycling Industry
Electronics Recycling Laws
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Benefits of E-Waste Recycling
Recycling e-waste enables us to recover various valuable metals and other materials from electronics, saving natural resources (energy), reducing pollution, conserving landfill space, and creating jobs. According to the EPA, recycling one million cell phones can also recover 75 pounds of gold, 772 pounds of silver, 35,000 pounds of copper, and 33 pounds of palladium. 4
On the other end, e-waste recycling helps cut down on production waste. According to the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, it takes 1.5 tons of water, 530 pounds of fossil fuel, and 40 pounds of chemicals to manufacture a single computer and monitor. Eighty one percent of the energy associated with a computer is used during production and not during operation. 5
The Electronics Recycling Process
Electronics recycling can be challenging because discarded electronics devices are sophisticated devices manufactured from varying proportions of glass, metals, and plastics. The process of recycling can vary, depending on the materials being recycled and the technologies employed, but here is a general overview. Collection and Transportation: Collection and transportation are two of the initial stages of the recycling process, including for e-waste. Recyclers place collection bins or electronics take-back booths in specific locations and transport the collected e-waste from these sites to recycling plants and facilities.