Title: The Importance of Electronics Recycling and E-Waste
Headings: E-Waste and the Importance of Electronics Recycling
Sustainable Businesses Recycling Glossary
E-Waste and the Importance of Electronics Recycling
What Is E-Waste
Why Is Electronics Recycling Important?
How Can Consumers Recycle Their Old Electronics Devices?
Are You Allowed to Throw E-Waste in the Trash?
E-Waste Recycling Legislation

Content: According to one report, nearly 75 percent of old electronics continues to be stored in households because of the unavailability of convenient recycling options. This article looks at some of the basic questions, such as defining e-waste, exploring why it is important, how consumers can recycle, state legislation, and the issue of the international shipment of hazardous e-waste. What Is E-Waste
These EOL electronic devices, also known as e-waste and e-scrap, includes such items as dated computer equipment, stereos, televisions, and mobile phones. Such things can often be refurbished or recycled, yet a significant amount still finds its way to the landfill. Soberingly, only 20% of global e-waste is formally recycled the remaining 80% often incinerated or dumped in landfills. " Many thousands of tonnes also find their way around the world to be pulled apart by hand or burned by the world’s poorest workers," the World Economic Forum notes. " This crude form of urban mining has consequences for people’s wellbeing and creates untold pollution." In the U.S., the recycling rate is closer to 25%, with much of the e-waste being shipped offshore. Why Is Electronics Recycling Important? Rich Source of Raw Materials Internationally, only 10-15 percent of the gold in e-waste is successfully recovered while the rest is lost.