Saving energy is much talked about these days. In the world’s fastest growing waste streams which is supposed to be the electronics industry production of gadgets and gizmos consume a lot of energy. Energy efficiency in the production and use phase should be improved in order to reduce the overall ecological footprint of electronics. Nevertheless, the type of energy used is also crucial and may be more relevant with regard to the overall environmental impacts.
· Recycling the metals contained in electronic waste can contribute to the reduction of the overall environmental impacts because the primary production of these metals is avoided. But uncontrolled, critical processes should be phased out.
· The dissipation of scarce metals contained in electronic products will become a much greater problem in the long run than the energy consumed over the whole life cycle.
· However, globally, the collected e-waste quantities are still on a low level and there are large efficiency losses.
· For avoiding unsound e-waste treatment practices, the e-waste flows must be monitored and the processes controlled.
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