EWAYS – E-waste Accountability Solution

TRANSFORM YOUR
TECH TRASH

Calculate your e-waste contribution and embrace eco-friendly management

50 Million Tonnes of E-waste generated annually

enough to fill 125,000 jumbo jets.

Only about 20% of global e-waste is formally recycled

80% either in landfills or informally recycled.

E-waste contains precious metals like gold

1 tonne of mobile phones contains more gold than 1 tonne of gold ore.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR E-WASTE?

E-waste can release over 1,000 toxic substances

including lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and BFRs.

The global e-waste volume is growing at an annual rate of about 5%

making it the fastest-growing waste stream worldwide.

Recycling 1 million laptops can save energy

to power approximately 9,000 average households for a year.

WHAT IS E-WASTE?

E-waste is electronic products that are unwanted, not working, and nearing or at the end of their “useful life such as TV, PC, air conditioner, washing machine, refrigerator handphone and others.

Every year millions of electrical and electronic devices are discarded as products break or become obsolete and are thrown away. These discarded devices are considered e-waste and can become a threat to the environment and to human health if they are not treated, disposed of, and recycled appropriately.

E-waste is generally divided into two main types, according to its generation sources, i.e. E-waste generated from industrial sector and household e-waste.

In Malaysia, E-waste is categorized as Scheduled Wastes under the Code SW110, First Schedule, Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005.

Code SW110 are defined as waste from electrical and electronic assemblies containing components such as accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass or polychlorinated biphenyl-capacitors, or contaminated with cadmium, mercury, lead, nickel, chromium,copper, lithium, silver, mangane or polychlorinated biphenyI.

While above ground, modern electronics are safe to use and be around. However, most electronics contain some form of toxic materials, including beryllium, cadmium, mercury, and lead, which pose serious environmental risks to our soil, water, air, and wildlife.

Therefore, National and international actions are essential to protect communities from dangerous e-waste recycling activities.