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What is e-waste management

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E waste management or Electronic waste describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. Used electronics which are destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling or disposal are also considered e-waste.

There are many reasons why it is important to dispose electronic waste properly. Some of them are:

1. Prevent the release of toxic materials in the environment - Old electronic devices should be disposed properly so that toxic materials are not released into the environment. They may contain mercury, lead, chromium, cadmium, other heavy metals or potentially toxic chemical flame retardants which can be harmful. Recycling  helps to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

2. Conserve natural resources - New products can be made by recycling the old electronics. This helps to save energy and resources as lesser raw materials have to be extracted from the earth.

3. Indirect benefits - Proper processing of the electronic waste will ensure a cleaner and greener environment, better health, better productivity, lesser price, less mining and less imbalance in nature.

Aims of E-waste management:

There are various objectives of electronic waste .These includes
To properly extract metals to create a separate business from them.
To save energy as well as reduce the pollution due to these waste.
To use extracted metals instead of new metals.
To recycle metals from these type of wastes.
To reclaim or save the land or area used or supposed to be used to dispose off electronic waste.

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