Waste mobile phones lying at home are a threat to the whole world, this dangerous waste is increasing every year


E-Waste: Nowadays people's life is impossible to think without mobile. There is hardly a person in the world who does not use a mobile phone. Mobile has reduced the distance between people. It has also made people's work easier. On the other hand, e-waste has also created a problem.

Approximately 61.3 lakh tonnes of e-waste per year

According to a report, more than 1600 crore mobile phones are used in the world, out of which almost one third i.e. more than 530 crore mobile phones are thrown in the garbage every year. According to a report by the International Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum (WEEE), if these mobiles were stacked on top of each other, their height would be approximately 50 km, which would be 120 times taller than the International Space Station. According to this report, every person generates 8 kg of e-waste every year, which will be 61.3 lakh tonnes in a year.

People accumulate more e-waste with themselves

Based on international trade statistics, WEEE has produced a report that highlights the growing environmental problems caused by e-waste. According to this report, it was also found that mobile phones are one of the electronic wastes that people often deposit with them i.e. instead of throwing away old mobiles or putting them in e-waste, people prefer to keep them.

Increasingly, e-waste is becoming a big problem

Increasing e-waste is a major problem for the world. According to statistics, in 2022, the weight of small electronic items like cell phones, electric toothbrushes, toasters, cameras was around 2.45 tonnes. Which is four times the weight of the Pyramids of Giza. Such small electronic items account for about 8 percent of the world's total waste. According to WEEE estimates, more than 57 million tonnes of e-waste was generated in 2021. These unused electronic devices weigh more than the world's largest wall in China.

According to the 2020 Global E-Waste Monitor report, about 54 million metric tons of e-waste was generated in the year 2019. If seen, in the last 5 years from 2014, this e-waste has increased by about 21 percent. It is now estimated that this e-waste may increase to 7.4 metric tons by 2030.

So much e-waste happens in India every year

Looking at India's e-waste situation, a report released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2020 revealed that the country generated around 10.1 lakh tonnes of e-waste in 2019-20. Which was 25,325 tonnes in 2017-18. Apart from this, an explanation was also given in the report that it is far from being recycled but it cannot be collected either.

Loss of resources due to e-waste

In such a situation, the recoverable precious metals contained in these wastes become useless, leading to wastage of resources as well. If we talk about the loss due to non-recycling of e-waste in the year 2019, it is approximately Rs 4.3 lakh crore, which is more than the GDP of many countries in the world. Some of the e-waste ends up in landfills causing dangerous pollution in the long run. Metals like copper and palladium are also wasted in large quantities due to e-waste. According to statistics, 80% of greenhouse gases are emitted during the mining, refining and processing involved in the production of mobile phones.

The challenge of e-waste in India

Internationally only 17% of e-waste can be collected and recycled. In a highly populated country like India, generating more e-waste is very common. But reducing it is an equally difficult task.

However, lack of human resources, lack of willpower of senior officials, lack of awareness among people about e-waste and lack of security issues also come up as barriers to e-waste elimination.

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