2. • What is E-Waste
• Effects
• Solutions
• Facts
3. • E-waste, is a term for electronic
products that have become unwanted
or non-working and have essentially
reached the end of their useful life.
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5. • Effects of e-waste on Environment
Through Landfills. When we throw
out our computers, they wind up in
landfills, causing the possibility of
toxic metal leaching into the
groundwater.
9. • What was already a staggering figure of
48.43 million tons of e-waste being recycled
in 2012 is forecasted to jump up to 141.05
million tons by 2019. Wow!
• Europe has been the biggest e-waste
recycler, and the Asia Pacific region is
projected to become the quickest growing
market for recycling electronics during the
time period .