In our previous articles, we discussed the advancements in the technical world but in today's article, I have to explain the biggest problem of the growing technology field. Before going to the explanation I have the necessity to tell you this:
“No one is perfect”
I think I’m already told you this in my previous
article but this one best one for this article.
Now all of you are confused because of this
statement, basically, technology will be reduced in our work in many ways but here
I told you that it creates the biggest problem what is that? It is E-Waste.
In this article, we’re going to look at what is e-waste
and how it affects us?
As per our regulation, first what is e-waste? It
means Electronic Waste. In simple terms, they are unwanted or not working
electronic devices, basically, they are at the end of their “useful life”.
Now all of you understand what E-waste is. Then
move on to the next one what are types of E-waste we make?
The major E – Wastes are our unused laptops,
desktop, smartphone, home appliances, battery cells and etc. did you know that
what is the damage it creates to our nature? While above the ground the
electronic items are very useful one and make our life easier but all of these
devices are contain toxic materials including beryllium, cadmium, mercury, and
lead which pose serious environmental risks to our soil, water, air, and
wildlife.
It’s not only hurting the landfill but also affects
the wildlife and creates a side effect of mining for new resources of metals
too. Having an environmentally friendly source of recycled metal is better for the environment than a new company digging up ore. So every time we recycle the
e-waste, it does not only prevent the leaching but also prevent it from
happening at a mine somewhere else.
Ok based on the above-given details you can
understand that recycling is the best way to reduce the damage of e-waste.
But I already told that
“No one is Perfect”
According to this rule, the recycling process has con
also. One of the major cons of recycling is data security.
Either you should properly reset your device or dismantled
the device by yourself but this also the difficult one.
So other than recycling what other options are
available in real-time? There are some secure methods are suggested by Harvard
University is listed here:
1) Always think it before buy it – because most of the time we’re buying the thing but they are not necessary for our daily life.
2) Buy environmentally friendly products – look for the products labeled Energy Star or EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool).
3) Donate them – if it is in working condition, then try to donate them for the needy but before that you should reset your device properly.
4) If it is possible then, then service it and use it well instead of going for the new one.
I think now all understand what are the problems are
arise because of E-Waste. So before going to the conclusion, I want to ask
some question to you:
1) What is your way of disposing of E-Waste?
2) How much e-waste did you have?
3) Just imagine if the amount of E-Waste is increased then the amount of our world population, then what should we do?
“Think
it”
These are my questions; use the comments section for
further discussion. I’ll expect great questions from you. Thank You.
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