The Pros And Cons Of Landfilling

Opponents claim that landfilling is one of the most widely used method for the disposal of e-waste rather than recycling. In the US, an estimated 70% of heavy metal in landfills come from discarded electronics. In this technique, soil is evacuated from the trenches that are made on flat surfaces and waste materials are buried into it, which is covered by a thick layer of soil. Modern technologies has created an updated, secure landfills with various facilities like impervious liner made of plastic or clay, leachate collection basin that collects and transfer the leachate to water treatment plants, etc. However, such an argument completely ignores the fact that the disposal of e-waste into the landfills leads to various heath issues. Some of the dangerous materials that end up in

By incineration , some environment friendly hazardous organic substances in the e-waste are converted into less hazardous substances. Besides all, it is a problematic process because they are very dangerous to the living beings. The incinerators contribute to the emission of cadmium and mercury, which are detrimental to human health. Incinerators causes instability in the ecosystem; the overwhelming metals are transformed to slag and fumes deposits which can return to the environment again.Unlike incineration , recycling of e-waste reduces the amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the manufacture of new products. Recycling does not emit any kind of toxic fumes and gases that are dangerous to environment because of safe recycling of obsolete gadgets advances sound administration of toxic chemicals, for example, lead and