The term e-waste refers to electronic waste which is generated from obsolete electronic devices. Such devices contain various toxic and hazardous chemicals that should be disposed of with proper care or else they can harm the environment to a great extent.
It is the process of recovering useful material from obsolete devices and make it ready to be used in new products.
Electronic devices such as mobile phones, TVs, computers, laptops, etc. reach obsolescence very quickly. These ultimately ends up in landfills, leading to a massive heap of e-waste. Unfortunately, the majority of people are unaware of the fact that the discarded electronics consist of many valuable materials such as copper, tin, iron, aluminium, gold, silver, etc. Among these materials, some of them can be recovered, recycled and reused.
Recycling e-waste is multi-beneficial.
It saves natural resources and helps in reducing pollution that may occur due to the toxic release from the devices.
Companies may have to incur huge expenditures while manufacturing new products. If recycled products are used then it can help in cutting down the production cost.