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Electronics waste is the faster growing waste stream globally
Electronics devices are any electronic device as phones, computers, computer monitors, routers, fax machines, printers, plotters or any equipment that has any electronics incorporated for his functions. Many electronics contain precious metals, such as gold, silver, copper, platinum, zinc and palladium, that can be recover and reused. Most electronic components possess toxic elements, including lead, beryllium, polyvinyl chloride and mercury. All these materials are extremely toxic to the environment and humans.
Electronics devices as you notice has a short life span, new models comes and go, or they do not work as expected any more, the new models displace the old model or you do not get more pieces to get it working, or the repairs are more costly than getting a new one. This happens every day. You have to decide what to do, maybe you can re-used your old phone, giving it to your young child until he/she can take care of them, do not lose them and them with time can give them a new one. That will expand the life span of that electronic device or keep a spare just in case yours get damage, you can used your old one, until can be replaced it. Also applies to any equipment you are using, many its not useful for you but can be useful for any other person, if it is in working condition. Even for a short time, but that will help not to accumulate such e-waste or e-scrap in our land fields.
Them we have to recycle their components, and do not let them get into the land fields, because of their toxic materials. Recycling is simple, keep the unit integrity as much as you can. When it is a phone, erase any information from the device, take the SIM card if can be used with your new unit or destroy it. Any sensitive information from any device needs to be care of before anything else as well for any other sensitive component of other devices, like hard disk, Pen drives, SSD - Solid State Drives, memory's, backup drives, etc.
Can not be thrown to the land fields, toxic elements will affect water, soil, human beings and animals.
Local and Federal regulations requirements. Business are reliable responsible for their waste even after disposal.
To protect the environment and health, because of the toxic elements contained.
