54 Million tons of e-Waste & Value > $ 65 Billion !
Are we capable to handle so much e-Waste?
# official statistics shows 54 Million MT e-Waste generation in Y2019
# Only 17.4 % collected and recycled by formal recycler!!!
# Only 78 countries adopted eWaste regulations? But in many regions no enforcement, poor collection and hardly any technology to recycle!
Question : About 82.6% is in the hands of invisible sectors and or stored and or no account!
Alarming Situations
1. Huge threat to Environmental Health and Safety. Planet faces alarming challenges!
Air, Water pollution and toxics / Resources landfill!
2. Huge loss of Valuable Resources but continue to dig more & more from Mother Earth to fulfil demand!
3. Prices of Gold, Copper, Nickel and other strategic metals are going to be increasing demand!
4. Finally Planet Earth is under stress !!!
Possible solutions
1. More and more recyclers with right and environmental sound technology
2. Right regulations and Enforcement
3. Common Approach across Globe
4. Shared Responsibility and Polluters Pay Principle
5. Financial Incentives and Right platform & Respect to Good Recyclers
6. Fundamental Responsibility
Humans done enough damage and time to act responsibly!
We must act and do impossible to possible!