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: Not enough consumers understand that environmental risk, but many of them also don’t seem to recognize something else: used electronics have a lot of inherent value that we don’t realize. The vast majority of electronics can be recycled, and the items within them that can be recovered include plastic, steel, aluminum, copper, gold, silver, and other precious metals. Those metals can be given a second life, and that’s why recycling is such an ideal solution to this problem. An experienced recycling firm like Great Lakes Electronics Corporation can take those devices apart, so the individual parts can be used in new products. 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.