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Global electronic waste

Author: Mark Brown
by Mark Brown
Posted: Jul 22, 2020
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Global electronic waste growing up every year and recycling isn’t keeping up.Every year, the total amount of electric and electronic equipment grows by 2.5 million tonnes on all the world.Mobile phones, computers, TV's, radios, toys, laptops, electronic equipments for offices, battery supply, cartridge for printers join a growing mountain of e-waste after use.

In year 2019, the world generated over 50 million tonnes of e-waste.Asia was a main producer of e-waste followed by the Americas and Europe, while Africa and Oceania generated only small percent of electronics waste.Experts show statistics that the global total number of e-waste for next 10 years will faster grow up to swell to 74.7 million tonnes in next 10 years.E-waste are, and they will the fastest growing domestic waste stream, fuelled mainly by more people buying electronic products with shorter life or without options for repair.

Discarded electronics products are forming the fastest growing up the hill of waste on every continent. These products help improve living standards but the same time they also are dangerous for our Planet because outpacing our capacity to recycle or dispose them. These products harming people and nature.

In year 2019’s only 17% e-waste was collected and recycled but it was the best year for e-waste recycling. What happens with that not recycled part? They are waiting for better time.This information should be an alarm for every government and every single person.It is confirmed that Europe has the highest collection and recycling rate of the total e-waste generated in 2019.Without a reliable system of waste management, toxic substances contained in e-waste, such as mercury, brominated flame retardants, chlorofluorocarbons and hydro chlorofluorocarbons will harm the people, not only them who live and work in e-waste scrapyards but will damage for human on all Earth.

Discarded e-waste isn’t just an environmental problem, it’s also an economic chance to make big profits. E-waste contains precious metals and useful raw materials, such as silver and gold and that's why recycling is a way to make profits.

Year by year more big and small companies who provide office clearance services they provide new solutions about e-waste re-using and e-waste collections and recycling. Every office and your office too, should have own permanent office clearance service. They should be licenced and certificated company with knowledge how to manage e-waste. Before you decide who will manage electronic waste from your office you should check opinion about that service. They should inform you where they will send e-waste from your office. Advantage for you will if your office clearance company have an expert who can give you good advices how to mange electronic and materials in your office to reduce their using.

This kind of managing e-waste will your own brick in program to reduce hill of e-waste on the World.The total value of all e-waste growing up every year and is greater than the GDP of many countries.

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Professional house and office clearance company from London. Visit us on www.houseandofficeclearance.co.uk

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