E-waste Electronic waste (e-waste) comes from computers, cameras, phones, fridges, TVs and so on. |
How much e-waste has been produced? There is too much e-waste on the earth. In the past ten years, 506. 5 Mt of e-waste has been produced. That is as heavy as about 50,149 Eiffel Towers. |
What can we do with e-waste?E-waste is harmful to the environment. Repeat the three words in our life: reduce, reuse and recycle. Here are some examples. ◆Quadloop ◆Junichi Kawanishi created solar lanterns with e-waste. turned about 79,000 tons of e-waste into medals. ◆Mixed Reality Lab ◆Alex Lin designed educational toys with recycled about 136 tons of broken computers into ones e-waste for poor kids. that can be used again. |