Reasons Why It Is Important to Recycle Your E-Wastes Rather Than Landfilling

Everyone has e-waste in their homes or workplaces. That drawer, box or shopping bag in the closet is full of defunct MP3 players, broken tablets, old cell phones and obsolete chargers. It is your personal pile of e-waste. According to numerous reports from various agencies, the e-waste piles are only growing in size, forcing us to seriously consider e-waste recycling.

Recycling electronic waste (i.e. e-waste, also known as e-scrap) has become a progressively serious environmental issue as the functional life of e-devices shortens and the number of e-gadgets we use grows. While the benefits of electronic waste recycling are numerous, there is an urgent need to address pieces in the solid waste stream.

There are numerous factors to consider when evaluating electronics recycling; however, the following are the most important reasons why e-waste recycling is critical.

It is critical that e-waste not end up in landfills. When electronic waste is improperly disposed of, it is harmful to the environment as well as to people, according to the Environment Protection Authority. Heavy metals and toxic substances can be found in electronic devices. Cadmium, lead, and chromium may seep into the soil and pollute the waterways as well as the air. The Environment Protection Agency estimates that 60 million tons of electronic waste are generated globally each year. Because recycling these toxic materials saves landfill space, some states have passed laws prohibiting the disposal of e-waste in landfills.

Certain electronic devices contain precious metals like gold, platinum, and silver, as well as aluminium, copper, glass, and plastic. These metals could be reclaimed through the recycling process. Many electronic devices are almost entirely recyclable. Landfilling these metals would be poor management.

Because these precious materials are being recovered directly from the recycling process, the demand for new raw materials will be reduced. As a result, key natural resources are conserved. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, a single metric ton of circuit boards contains 800 times the amount of gold mined from a single ton of ore.

The proper use of recycled materials helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated when manufacturing and processing brand new items, also known as 'virgin materials.' The more recycled materials are available, the lower demand for virgin materials, which means less contamination in new product manufacturing and processing.

Discarded e-gadgets can also be kept out of the landfill if they are refurbished, re-purposed, and donated to a worthy cause. A quick Google search will yield a slew of organisations in most Australian regions that rebuild broken electronics and distribute them to those who would otherwise go without. The transition from 'rebuild' to 'reuse' is a critical component of keeping materials out of the waste stream.

Electronic waste may end up in scrapyards, where it will be mixed in with cars, industrial scrap, and old appliances handled by the scrap metal recycling industry. Each recycler has a unique approach to dealing with all of these scraps; however, more progress is being made in terms of extracting precious materials and moving these scraps through the recycling process.

People are buying electronic items in greater numbers than ever before. Every other day, faster, newer technology is introduced, resulting in constant upgrades of e-equipment. This also means that old computer models, gaming systems, and mobile phones are being discarded on a daily basis. These now-unwanted e-products are referred to as e-waste.

Disposal of electronic disposal: Why recycle?

Most old e-devices contain toxic substances such as mercury, lead, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, and polyvinyl chloride. When electronic waste is disposed of in landfills, all of these chemicals gradually leach into the soil, contaminating waterways and the air. Electronics are made up of components that contain valuable raw materials. Recycling old electronics saves energy. This also means that fewer raw materials must be extracted from nature in order to create new devices.

Recycling old electronics helps to reduce e-waste by keeping it out of landfills. This also conserves the resources used to recycle them. Furthermore, recycling electronics benefits other less fortunate members of the community. As a result, take all of your old electronics to be refurbished (if and when possible) and give them new life.

Finally, recycling conserves raw materials that could be reused in the production of new gadgets. As a result, power is saved, pollution is reduced, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions are released into the atmosphere.

AWRC will help you recycle

Collect all of the old electronics you want to dismantle and enlist the assistance of AWRC. We will collect all of your electronic waste and recycle it at our facility. The items will be sorted and separated here based on their type. Glass, plastic, and metals are all recycled and repurposed into new usable products. The parts that could not be recycled are then properly disposed of.