Lack of awareness
People are using cellphones to get up to date with the latest technology. People are not aware of, how their outdated or non-working cellphones cause health problems and harm the environment.
Use and throw culture
The technology growth of sales of products, products are made in such a way that, by design, they will break (within a certain amount of time).
Informal Recycling
Shopkeepers break the devices and do improper scavenges to take out the metal like gold, copper, silver, etc. and leave the rest of the broken hazardous part there which contains mercury, lead, cadmium, chromium plastics.
Land Pollution
Most of the electronic waste that is thrown away ends up in landfills. It produces hazardous chemicals and spoils the soil, mixes with groundwater
Air Pollution
When electronic components are exposed to sunlight, the heat affects the semiconductor devices which starts chemical processes that would result in hazardous chemical gases that are polluting the air.
Health
Toxins in e-waste cause health issues like cancer, asthma, skin diseases, blood pressure, kidney failures etc.
Device Collection
We collect electronic devices, and after the collection we check and segregate devices into two categories 1. Functioning, and 2. Non-functioning.
Repair and fixing
The device can be repairable will repair and wiped out all the personal information.
The rest which cannot be repair we provide to a responsible recyclers.
Ready to give needy one
When The device is ready, we have a list of students and organization. We contact them and give to them.