Digital Dumping

As technology advances we build more and more devices. Up to 90% of the world’s electronic waste, worth nearly $19bn (£12bn), is illegally traded or dumped each year, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep). We are a world that is consuming and consuming more technology. A very clearly good example is Apple with its Iphones between 8 and 10 months Apple decides to launch a new Iphone with more new featuring apps more Ram, better camara, better performance etc. We want to buy it because its trendy and it is fashionable. As we do, we throw away or dump our old phones.

Computers and smart phones are among the ditched items contributing to this 41m tonne e-waste mountain, which could top 50m tonnes by 2017. African and Asian countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, China, Pakistan, India, and Vietnam are turning into illegal e-waste hubs, bypassing the legitimate global waste and recycling market that is thought to be worth $410bn a year.

Here are some ways we can stop digital dumping

- Have broken electronics repaired to give them a new lease of life

- Sell or Donate

- Go Local know where your electronic collectors are

-Recycle

-Dont trash them

References

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/12/up-to-90-of-worlds-electronic-waste-is-illegally-dumped-says-un

https://www.good.is/infographics/transparency-the-growing-e-waste-situation#open

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/detox/electronics/the-e-waste-problem/where-does-e-waste-end-up/