Consequences of Failing to Solve the E-Waste Problem and Implementation of Solution

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Recycling Electronic Wastes Proposal
Problem Description
Technological innovation has set forth the extensive use of electronic devices to meet several human needs, including the desire to stay in touch worldwide. As a result, consumers keep replacing their broken or outdated electronic appliances with new ones.  The next pile of discarded electronic devices is increasingly becoming the world's most significant and growing waste stream, resulting in environmental pollution. The United Nations environmental project study statistics show that approximately 49 million metric tons of waste are produced from electronic and computer devices annually globally (Kirkpatrick 17). E-waste is a widely known resource due to its potential to provide valuable elements such as silver, gold, iron, aluminum, and copper. However, most countries lack proper methods to dispose of and recycle e-waste efficiently. As a result, only around 15% of worldwide e-waste is adequately recycled even though recycling and recovering essential materials from e-waste results in various economic benefits (Heacock et al. 550). Thus, e-waste generation and disposal are increasingly becoming a worldwide issue.
Consequences of Failing to Solve the E-Waste Problem
E-waste disposal presents several environmental and health risks. According to Heacock et al., exposure to e-waste varies in terms of quantity, the length of processing history sites, processing techniques, and physiological sensitivity in women and small children (552). Although it is unknown how much e-waste pollution leads to adverse health impacts, it is thought to be a significant health factor in or near regions where informal recycling occurs. Research conducted in China and India indicates that hazardous waste can spread from processing facilities into the ecosystem (Heacock et al. 552). As a result, people ingest the waste through water, soil, dust, and food. Cumulative exposure to hazardous waste through ingestion and inhalation of the dust results in neurotoxicity and death in children. Prolonged exposure to heavy metals such as lead and mercury in electronic waste results in cancer. In addition, e-water leads to contamination of viable farming lands and water sources. Landfills are also getting too big for some places, and the poisonous chemicals pollute the ecosystem. Therefore, e-waste results in adverse effects on the environment and human health.
Proposed Solution
To prevent the devastation of the environment, people should be taught the impacts of dumping the equipment on the environment and the human body. Recycling is essential due to the high cost of manufacturing new products from scratch and the consequent depletion of available resources and energy. Elo Solutions is a United states recycling program committed to keeping the United States clean by recycling electronic waste. The program's objective is to recycle a great majority of the e-waste in the U.S to ensure none or little ends up in landfills. The program contracts with collectors and recyclers from different counties in the United States that comply with the federal, state, and local regulations and standards and the R2 recyclers standards. It does not...