siliconindia | | NOVEMBER 20214Waste management has been doing the rounds ever since the global superpowers brought environment conservation to the mainstream. Problem is, not every kind of waste can be disposed off securely without compromising the environment. eWaste for that matter, is the most complex type of by product that is difficult to dispose off. Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. However, according to the United Nations, only 20 percent of global e-waste is recycled each year.The volume of e-waste is continually increasing and contains many valuable as well as hazardous materials that should be recovered or properly treated when items are discarded. In today's world, proper e-waste disposal and recycling is not only important from an environmental and public health standpoint, but data protection and cybersecurity have become major points of concern for government entities, corporations and e-waste recyclers and processors. Besides, E-waste contains special and precious metals including silver, gold, palladium, platinum, indium, and gallium. These scarce elements are widely used in production of consumer electronics and IT & communication devices. Due to scarcity of these metals, prices associated with their products is also high. This has increased the need to reuse, refurbish, and recycle devices made from metals. Thus, these issues certainly force manufacturers of electronic devices to look for raw materials available from recycled e-waste. This also benefits nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and certainly help reduce hazards of global warming.Nature of electronic devices is such that they get obsolete or need repair from time to time. This is a major cause for the generation of e-waste. The cost of replacing an electronic device is lesser than those getting repaired. Therefore, it has been observed that there is a growth in tendency to purchase a new product rather than repairing them. This increased obsolescence rate is leading to huge generation of e-waste currently. This leads to reuse, refurbishment, and recycle of waste generated and creates the need to setup wide network of collection zones. So while we're battling the primary wastes like household waste, cattle waste, industrial waste, organic, and chemical wastes, It's about time we start focusing on the eWastes. So let us know what you think. Emmanuel Christi DasManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialByte the Dust siliconindia Vol 10 · Issue 08 - 02 · November, 2021 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Editor Emmanuel Christi Das Editorial Team Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Hima P M Mandvi Singh GM - Sales & Marketing Rohit Kumar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2021 Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.com Visualisers Mohana Krishnan Vetrivelu Group Art DirectorAshok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Ashwini D Naik Shilpa Selva Felisha Rita Correspondent Soumya JAssistant Editor Ananth VAssociate Editor Indranil Chakraborty
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