“The HUB of E-Waste is a recognized center for the sustainable disposal
What is Electronic Waste?
It is dead electrical and electronic appliances which are no longer fit for purpose. Electronic waste does not degrade while it also contains hazardous chemicals impacting the environment such as lead, mercury and cadmium. People should consider that these pollutants get into soil and water sauces and accumulate in the food chain, so humans and animals are both directly impacted. It is highly concerning how these hazardous substances can end up in our bodies.
Global status of electronic waste
Amount of Eleractronis Waste
Million Tonnes
Generated in 2021, increasing by an average 2 million Tonnes every year
The equivalent of
4500 Eiffel Towers
The height of Eiffel tower
324 Meters
Unrecycled electronic waste of over
347 Tonnes
worldwide in 2023.
Volumes of worldwide electronic waste per year
2014
44.4 Million Metric Tonnes
2016
48.2 Million Metric Tonnes
2018
51.8 Million Metric Tonnes
2020
55.5 Million Metric Tonnes
2022
59.4 Million Metric Tonnes
2030
74.7 Million Metric Tonnes
(Data from THEROUNDUP.ORG)
Only 17.4% of electronic waste is collected and recycled correctly
Entering an electronic waste recycling plant of the Zero Landfill standard, the waste can be separated by category and recycling process, such as gold, aluminium, silver, copper and palladium, for reusing and making into new products, in the Circular Economy.
Hazards of electronic waste
Few people realise that every piece of electronic waste has some component of hazardous substances that can impact the environment and health.
Lead can destroy the nervous system, endocrine glands, kidneys and blood circulation, while mercury is dangerous to the central nervous system, the brain and spinal column. Cadmium is acutely toxic causing severe inflammation of the lungs and destroying the kidneys, to be the cause of kidney disease along with other chemicals which have other deleterious effects. All of these hazardous chemicals can leak into water sources and other natural biomes to have impacts and be hazardous to the body.
All of us together are a network
Electronic Device Recycling Process
What is the destination of your electronic waste?
1From the waste drop-off point it is taken to the sorting plant, which sorts it correctly
Dismantle Process
2Dismantle process sorts the components into different materials.
Circuit boards and chips
Batteries
Iron
Silver
Gold
Plastic
Reduction Process with Zero Landfill
3Separated components into the recycling process with furnaces for each category of material, so that it can be reused and reduced toxic landfill.
Iron ingots cast
for future Re-use
for future Re-use
Cobalt and Lithium
Iron sheets
for future Re-use
for future Re-use
Silver Ingots
Gold Ingots
Plastic pellet feedstock for
Re-manufacturing
Re-manufacturing
