Recycle e-waste, save the planet


UPM lecturer Dr Mohd Yusoff showing one of the recycling boxes for smartphones found around the UPM campus, a trend he said needed to be encouraged to turn e-waste into wealth. — fotoBERNAMA

With the growing dependence on electronic devices and gadgets, Malaysia’s pile of electronic waste (e-waste) is also growing bigger. Based on mobile services subscription figures, e-waste generated by mobile phones is expected to rise further with many Malaysians now owning more than one phone each and changing them frequently for new models.

According to World Bank statistics, Malaysia’s cellular service subscriptions ballooned to 44,600,700 in 2019 from 10,817 in 1986.

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