Title: Types of E-Waste
Headings: Types of e - Waste
Types of e - Waste
Jagran Josh
Environmental Concerns
Disposing of WEEE
Landfill Sites
Incinerators:
Recycling of Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment
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Content: All electronic scrap items, such as CRTs, may contain contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, or brominated flame retardants. Even in advanced countries recycling and disposal of e-waste may involve significant risk to workers and communities and great care must be taken to avoid unsafe exposure in recycling operations and leaching of material such as heavy metals from landfills and incinerator ashes. Any appliance that runs on electricity has the potential to cause damage to the environment if it is not disposed of in a responsible way. Common items of electrical and electronic waste are: Large household appliances (refrigerators/freezers, washing machines, dishwashers)
Small household appliances (toasters, coffee makers, irons, hairdryers)
Information technology (IT) and telecommunications equipment (personal computers, telephones, mobile phones, laptops, printers, scanners, photocopiers)
Consumer equipment (televisions, stereo equipment, electric toothbrushes)
Lighting equipment (fluorescent lamps)
Electrical and electronic tools (handheld drills, saws, screwdrivers)
Toys, leisure and sports equipment
Medical equipment systems (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)
Monitoring and control instruments
Automatic dispensers. Environmental Concerns
The main environmental concerns are resource depletion and dangerous substances arising from waste from electrical and electronic equipment. If electrical and electronic products are disposed of in landfill sites, millions of tonnes of materials that could be recovered and reused for new products are being lost. Recovery of these materials would reduce the need to extract more raw materials for the manufacture of new products. Some electronic equipment and/or its components contain substances that are considered dangerous to the environment and human health if they are disposed of carelessly. Although these dangerous substances are usually only contained in small amounts, they have great potential for causing serious environmental damage.