WASTE ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS(WEEEs)by Pragati Dubey | 01-04-2021 01:51 |
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 This report focuses on an important topic- Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipments(WEEEs), which needs to be highlighted as the population of world is increasing and moreover with the influence of globalization and digitalization, there is an increase in the use of electronic equipments, which is now becoming a threat to our environment. WEEEs are generally the endlife or Waste electrical and electronic equipments which are no longer in use or required. These Waste equipments contain various harmful materials like plastic, toxic chemical and gases and many other hazardous materials. They are also known by the name of e-waste. The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report found that the world dumped a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year. Just 17.4% was recycled. Moreover Even countries with a formal e-waste management system in place are confronted with relatively low collection and recycling rates. The plastics from WEEEs are very difficult to recycle as they contain brominated flame retardants(BFR). The old recycling methods are not enough for the present status of WEEEs in the world. In this way we have to focus more on the biological methods of plastic recycling instead of mechanical or chemical methods of recycling because at the time of recycling of plastics from these methods various toxic substances and gases are released which are harmful for both humans and nature. The crazy fact about recycling of WEEE is that the most of the WEEEa are recycled informally in the world instead by formal sectors. Governments should focus more on the startups and businesses who are interested in establishment of recycling units of WEEEs. Moreover the e-waste not only contain different types of plastics but also precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, titanium and many more. It's billion dollar sector and play a crucial role in the plastic pollution. The region wise e-waste data is shown in the figure below. |
