Can pollution be caused by electronic equipment ?How ?
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Electronic waste, also called e-waste, various forms of electric and electronic equipment that have ceased to be of value to their users or no longer satisfy their original purpose. Electronic waste (e-waste) products have exhausted their utility value through either redundancy, replacement, or breakage and include both “white goods” such as refrigerators, washing machines, and microwaves and “brown goods” such as televisions, radios, computers, and cell phones. Given that the information and technology revolution has exponentially increased the use of new electronic equipment, it has also produced growing volumes of obsolete products; e-waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams (see also Land Pollution). Although e-waste contains complex combinations of highly toxic substances that pose a danger to health and the environment, many of the products also contain recoverable precious materials, making it a different kind of waste compared with traditional municipal waste (see also Recycling).
Burning to recover metal from wires and cables leads to emissions of brominated and chlorinated dioxins, causing air pollution. ... Atmospheric pollution is caused by dismantling activities as dust particles loaded with heavy metals and flame retardants enter the atmosphere.
The main issue of disposing of computers and other electronics is that they contain toxic materials such as lead, zinc, nickel, flame retardants, barium, and chromium.