Electronic trash mountains cannot be recycled
The majority of garbage mountains according to the report prepared by researchers from the University of the united Nations create other electrical household goods with old microwave ovens, washing and dishwashers.
Only 16% of this old goods are passed through the recycling and reuse process as required. [
] According to the research, the world’s most electronic trash atan nation US is the most electronic garbage produced area per person in Europe.
] In the report, the electronic tools used in the house are increasingly increasing, and the old models of the white goods produced today have been noted, as a result of which the electronic trash mountains rise.
The Reector David Malone of the UN University said that electronic trash create a valuable urban mine and they can be used for recycling.
41,8 million tons of electronic trash, 16 million tons of iron, 1.900 kiloton copper and 300 ton gold with paladium were specified. The report noted that the total value of these resources is $35 billion. David Malone also stressed that in white goods thrown into trash, toxic substances such as lead are dense, and therefore the electronic equipment should be carefully eliminated.